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The work done by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine faculty members (and even some students) is regularly highlighted in newspapers, online media outlets and more. Below you’ll find links to articles and videos of Feinberg in the news.

  • NBC 5

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    Northwestern Memorial Hospital Ranks Top Hospital in Illinois and Top Ten in the Country

    The Northwestern Memorial Hospital was recognized as the top hospital in Illinois and the number tenth in the country by the U.S. News & World Report. Apart from the “America’s Best Hospital” recognition given to Northwestern Memorial, several Northwestern Medicine hospitals also ranked high in Best Hospitals in the Chicago metro area and Illinois.

  • Los Angeles Times

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    Coronavirus Today: CDC changes its mind on masks (again)

    For one thing, the vaccines induce a stronger immune response than a natural infection, especially if your COVID-19 symptoms were mild, said Mercedes Carnethon, an epidemiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “We get a more robust and consistent response from the vaccine,” Carnethon told my colleague Amina Khan.

  • ABC News

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    Heated tobacco products: The next generation of smoke-free alternatives targeting teens

    “The tobacco industry is always looking for new ways to get new people to smoke and use nicotine products and be hooked for life,” said Dr. Maria Rahmandar, medical director of the Substance Use and Prevention Program at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.

  • Fox News

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    K-12 schools should implement universal masking to protect younger kids, expert says

    The advice, given by Dr. Tina Tan, member of the IDSA board of directors and professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, goes a step further than guidance given by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which currently recommends masks for unvaccinated individuals.

  • U.S. News & World Report

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    Worried About Delta-Linked ‘Breakthrough’ Infections? Experts Explain the Risks

    “The end game is most people who get breakthrough infections either have very mild symptoms or no symptoms. They rarely end up in the hospital, and they don’t die,” said Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “The big question is how infectious are they? That’s what we are trying to find out,” he said in a Northwestern news release.

  • HealthDay

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    Money Can Buy Americans Longer Life: Study

    “Our results suggest that building wealth is important for health at the individual level, even after accounting for where one starts out in life,” said Greg Miller, a faculty fellow at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research, in Chicago. “So, from a public health perspective, policies that support and protect individuals’ ability to achieve financial security are needed.”

  • U.S. News & World Report

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    Stronger Hearts, Better Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study

    Study author Dr. Sadiya Khan said the findings make a case for more comprehensive heart assessments prior to pregnancy rather than focusing on isolated individual risk factors, such as high blood pressure (“hypertension”) or body mass index (an estimate of body fat based on height and weight).

  • Los Angeles Times

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    Misinformation is killing people. Here’s the truth about COVID vaccines

    “We know that the level of antibodies one gets from natural infection varies depending on the severity of their infection,” said Mercedes Carnethon, an epidemiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. On the other hand, “we get a more robust and consistent response from the vaccine.” That makes it a better bet “for immunity over a long period of time,” she said.

  • The Washington Post

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    U.S. Life Expectancy Fell by 1.5 Years in 2020, the Biggest Decline in Generations

    “That has led to intermediate and longer-term effects we will have to deal with for years to come,” said Donald Lloyd-Jones, chair of the department of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and president of the American Heart Association.

  • The New York Times

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    I Gave Birth, but My Husband Developed Postpartum Depression

    Typically, symptoms of a major depressive episode may include feeling sad, crying, having recurrent thoughts of death and losing interest in activities. According to Sheehan D. Fisher, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University, symptoms for men can differ.