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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HealthDay
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Are Immune-Compromised Kids at Greater Risk From COVID-19?
Dr. Mehreen Arshad, a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University in Chicago, agreed that there’s just not a lot of data on children and COVID-19 yet, especially kids with compromised immune systems. She said that immunocompromised children likely have less risk from COVID-19 than older adults do, but they may have more risk than children with healthy immune systems. She added it’s important to “take all precautions” to lessen the risk of infection for these children.
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HealthDay
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What Will a Reopening of America Look Like?
There also has to be enough testing capacity to aggressively test in advance people who aren’t yet sick but are at high risk from COVID-19, said Dr. Tina Tan, a professor of pediatrics with the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. That includes testing both workers and patients in nursing facilities; jailors and inmates in prisons; front-line workers like transit drivers, police and firefighters; the homeless; and people in black communities that have been hit hardest by the pandemic.
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Yahoo! News
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What are ‘COVID toes’ and why are dermatologists seeing an ‘epidemic’ of them in kids?
Characterized by a reddish-blue discoloration of the extremities, the condition is proving particularly prevalent among kids. Amy Paller, MD, chair of the Department of Dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine says that in the last few weeks, dermatologists nationwide have begun seeing an influx of the condition.
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The Wall Street Journal
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Sex in the Time of Coronavirus
“The decision to have sex is not very different from the decision you make to be in the same room or be closer than 6 feet with a person,” says Lauren Streicher, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. “The risk is the same.”
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The New York Times
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Postpartum Depression Can Be Dangerous. Here’s How to Recognize It and Seek Treatment.
“If symptoms last longer than two weeks or if the symptoms impair a woman’s ability to care for herself or her family, this goes beyond typical baby blues and she should seek help,” said Dr. Emily Miller, M.D., an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. If you fear you might hurt your baby or yourself and you are alone, call 911 or seek medical care immediately, including going to an emergency room if necessary, Dr. Miller said. If you do not think you will hurt your baby but cannot care for him or her, call a trusted family member or friend.
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Yahoo! News
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I’m black and pregnant during the coronavirus pandemic and this is why I’m scared
On the ground, experts like Dr. Melissa Simon, director of the Center for Health Equity Transformation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, are focused on researching the effects of COVID-19 on black pregnant women and getting the word out that hospitals remain safe places for them to deliver their babies.
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WebMD
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Mysterious Heart Damage Hitting COVID-19 Patients
“Someone who’s dying from a bad pneumonia will ultimately die because the heart stops,” said Dr. Robert Bonow, a professor of cardiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and editor of the medical journal JAMA Cardiology. “You can’t get enough oxygen into your system and things go haywire.”
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HealthDay
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COVID-19 Can Trigger Serious Heart Injuries
On top of that, there may be particular effects of COVID-19, according to Dr. Robert Bonow, a cardiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. The coronavirus has proteins that attach to certain receptors in lungs. As it happens, blood vessel cells have those same receptors, Bonow explained. It’s thought that the infection may sometimes directly damage blood vessels, which can cause blood clots that lead to a heart attack.
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WebMD
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The Importance of Starting ART Right Away
he sooner you start ART, the better. That’s true even if you feel good. “There’s no upside to waiting,” says Shannon Galvin, MD, associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases at Northwestern Medicine. “Everyone who has HIV will benefit from being on treatment, no matter what their T-cell count is.”
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HealthDay
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Early On, Many Seniors Were Unfazed by Coronavirus Warnings, Study Finds
Before stay-in-place orders were announced, investigators called nearly 700 people in the Chicago area who were part of five U.S. National Institutes of Health studies. Most were 60 and older. The calls were made March 13-20. “They didn’t think they would get the virus and weren’t changing their daily routine or plans,” said lead investigator Michael Wolf, a professor of medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
