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New GW Research Examines What Fatality Patterns Reveal About Conflict Dynamics in Yemen and Syria
As conflicts in the Middle East continue to evolve, new research from George Washington University explores whether mathematical patterns in conflict fatalities can offer insight into how violence...
Media Tip Sheet: Democrats Clinch Key Midterm Victories as Questions Emerge About What Comes Next
The 2026 midterm elections delivered seismic wins for the Democratic Party, as Democrats secured full control of Congress.
The George Washington University is a founding partner in Project ProtoStar, a partnership with Hugging Face and other research institutions and universities to accelerate scientific discovery. The...
Climate change, fragmented health systems and shifting global health funding are creating new challenges for preventing diseases that spread between animals and humans, according to a new report by...
Media Tip Sheet: No Clear Winner in Israel’s Elections
Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, were projected to gain a parliamentary majority.
The American Public Health Association, Grantmakers In Health, the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health’s Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health and National Center for...
Study Finds Higher Rates of Parkinsonism Among Older Adults With Autism
Middle-aged and older adults with autism are more likely to have co-occurring parkinsonism than adults without autism or intellectual disability, according to a new study co-authored by researchers...
Media Tip Sheet: 2026 Midterm Elections
With all 435 voting seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 U.S. Senate seats scheduled for election, the results could reshape the balance of power in Washington and influence the...
Media Tip Sheet: Measles Cases Surpass 4,500 Nationally as Outbreaks Spread
With U.S. measles cases surpassing 4,580 this year, more than double the total reported in all of 2025 the outbreak is raising urgent questions about vaccination rates, public health preparedness...
International Assessment Finds Growing Global Health Toll from Ozone Air Pollution
Premature deaths linked to long-term exposure to ground-level ozone nearly doubled worldwide between 2000 and 2020, reaching an estimated 480,000 deaths annually, according to a new global...
