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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.

  • Chicago Tribune

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    Walgreens, Jewel-Osco, Walmart and Cook County scheduling COVID-19 vaccine appointments, though demand is great and doses scarce

    Older people who aren’t tech-savvy are particularly worried about scheduling their appointments, said Dr. Eve Bloomgarden, an endocrinologist at Northwestern Medicine and a co-founder of the Illinois Medical Professionals Action Collaborative Team, which is a group of Illinois doctors and health care professionals working to address pandemic-related issues. This past weekend, the group started widely distributing on social media a list of places to get vaccinated.

  • ABC 7 Chicago

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    Double mask: Are 2 masks better than 1? Doctors weigh in

    “I approach this like I approach a Chicago winter,” said Dr. Michelle Prickett, of Northwestern Medicine. “If I’m going to be outside for a long time, I’m going to layer up.” Dr. Prickett said a double mask mandate is not necessary. Instead, she says, mask up according to your surroundings.

  • CNN

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    What to do, and not do, before and after your COVID vaccine shot

    If you have tested positive for Covid-19 or been exposed to someone who has the illness, you should not go to the vaccination site to get your shot until your symptoms and isolation period have passed, said Dr. Michael Ison, a professor in the division of infectious diseases and organ transplantation at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

  • WGN 9

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    COVID-19 vaccine questions answered: Expert weighs in on effectiveness, mutations, side effects and more

    How well does the COVID-19 vaccine work, will it be effective against mutating virus strains and how should we prioritize vaccine recipients when it comes to those who have already had it? We asked Northwestern University’s Dr. Elizabeth McNally for answers to some of your most pressing questions about COVID-19 vaccines.

  • U.S. News & World Report

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    AHA News: Anxiety Is Linked With Smoking – But How Is Still Hazy

    “I think we’ve generated more questions on the subject than we have answers,” said Brian Hitsman, associate professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health issue in the U.S., affecting between 15% and 19% of the adult population and encompassing everything from phobias and panic attacks to intense fear of social situations and chronic worrying.

  • HealthDay

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    Stressed Out By the News? Here’s Tips to Help Cope

    Northwestern University experts suggest checking in on current events a couple of times a day and no more. Constant updates can fuel anxiety and depression, they warn. “As a practicing preventive cardiologist, one of the most common risk factors for heart disease that I am seeing this year is stress,” said Dr. Sadiya Khan, assistant professor of cardiology and epidemiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. “I know we can all agree it has been an extremely stressful year for all in every aspect of our lives, including stress related to the pandemic and associated health, financial and political events.” Constant news updates pile on layer upon layer of stress, according to Dr. Aderonke Pederson, a psychiatrist at Northwestern Medicine.

  • Chicago Tribune

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    A post-holiday COVID-19 surge? Nothing significant seen yet in Illinois, but experts still wary.

    “It’s still early days, and we’re not out of the woods, even though I don’t think we see anything conclusive in the data yet,” said Jaline Gerardin, a Northwestern University assistant professor of preventive medicine who works on virus modeling.

  • USA Today

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    COVID-19 vaccine rollout shouldn’t sacrifice equity for efficiency

    For most of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been disagreement on every aspect of public health policies (e.g., universal lockdown, school reopenings). But there is near complete agreement that the path forward to end the pandemic is through rapid and mass vaccination to achieve herd immunity.

  • Chicago Tribune

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    Illinois confirms first case of more contagious COVID-19 variant as restrictions eased in some regions; Phase 1b of vaccination plan set to start Jan. 25

    The SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7, which first cropped up in the United Kingdom, was identified by Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine during an analysis of samples from positive COVID-19 tests, officials said.

  • Crain’s Chicago Business

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    New COVID variant detected in Chicago

    The new COVID variant first detected in the U.K. has made its way to Chicago. Chicago and Illinois public health departments today announced that the case was identified through an analysis of positive COVID tests by Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.