Media Coverage
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.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Local Experts Monitoring Hantavirus Cases, Say Risk to Chicago Area Is Low
“I do not think we should be worried about a COVID-style outbreak or influenza-like outbreak. This virus transmits very slowly from person to person, with very few people picking it up,” said Northwestern Medicine Infectious Disease Dr. Michael Angarone.
At this point, there are no known cases of hantavirus in the Chicago area, and local health officials hope it stays that way.
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Fox Chicago
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NASA Engineer Gets Double-Lung Transplant at Northwestern Hospital
Jodi Graf, NASA engineer and mother of two, traveled to Northwestern Medicine in Chicago to participate in a clinical trial known as DREAM, where select patients with advanced lung cancers receive double-lung transplants.
“This innovative technique involves putting the patient on full heart and lung bypass, delicately taking both cancer-ridden lungs out at the same time along with the lymph nodes, washing the airways and the chest cavity to clear the cancer, and then putting new lungs in,” said Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of thoracic surgery and executive director of the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute.
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NBC News
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FDA Claims There’s No Estrogen Patch Shortage as Women Struggle to Get Prescriptions Filled
The Food and Drug Administration removed the black box warning from hormone replacement therapies late last year, and recently, the most insured type, the estrogen patch, has been in short supply amid a boom in the therapy’s popularity.
Dr. Lauren Streicher, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said estrogen patch shortages always come up when she speaks with groups of women about menopause.
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WGN
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Dr. Wheat on Mental Health Awareness Month
Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy Snyder for this week’s health update.
Dr. Wheat discusses May as Mental Health Awareness Month and the origins of the hantavirus outbreak.
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Chicago Tribune
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Her Heart Stopped After Giving Birth. Now, She’s Warning Others About Blood Clots During Pregnancy.
Though only about one in 1,000 pregnant women develop pulmonary embolisms, it’s one of the most common causes of pregnancy-related death in the U.S.
Though blood clots can happen during pregnancy, for someone to go into cardiac arrest because of one “is quite rare,” said Dr. Daniel Schimmel, director of the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team at the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute.
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WGN
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Is the Hantavirus Cause for Concern?
Dr. Michael Angarone, infectious diseases specialist at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the dangers of hantavirus.
A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, leaving 3 dead, has caused misinformation to spread online. Dr. Angarone shares the dangers of the disease and if people should be worried about public health scare.
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TODAY
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8-Second Breathing Exercise for When You Wake Up in the Middle of the Night
When you wake up in the middle of the night, what’s the first thing you do? If your answer is checking the time on your phone or alarm clock, you’re not alone.
However, this common habit during nighttime wakings may be sabotaging your chances of falling back asleep and getting quality rest, Dr. Kuljeet K. Gill, sleep medicine specialist at Northwestern Medicine, previously told TODAY.com.
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WGN
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How Northwestern Medicine Is Working with AI to Help with Treatment
Dr. John Pandolfino, Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Director of the Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Institute, joins John Landecker to discuss a new technology Northwestern has been working on and developing that could allow doctors to make a “digital twin” of your body part to help with treatment.
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NBC Chicago
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Could Hantavirus Be the Next Pandemic? Experts Weigh in Amid Cruise Ship Outbreak
An outbreak aboard a cruise ship of a rare rodent-borne illness called hantavirus has left three passengers dead and sickened others, with health authorities across four continents trying to track down and monitor passengers who disembarked the ship before its deadly outbreak was detected.
Dr. Michael Angarone with Northwestern Medicine said it’s not likely the outbreak will become the next pandemic. “We’ve never had a documented hantavirus case in the rats here in Chicago. Most of the hantaviruses that we see here in North America is actually west of the Mississippi,” he said.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Detecting Esophageal Cancer
A Chicago woman noticed something was off with her body and took action. Doctors say it saved her life. Carol Smeja was losing weight. She was confused and tired. It was disrupting her daily routine. Despite having no risk factors, she was later diagnosed with esophageal cancer. It’s a rare, but deadly disease and often has no symptoms at all.
Carol joined ABC7 along with doctor Sri Komanduri an Interventional endoscopist with Northwestern Medicine, to talk about esophageal cancer.
