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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.

  • US News & World Report

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    Moderna Says Its Low-Dose COVID Shots Work for Kids Under 6

    Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Vaccinating the littlest “has been somewhat of a moving target over the last couple months,” said Dr. Bill Muller of Northwestern University, who is helping study Moderna’s pediatric doses.

  • The Washington Post

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    Moderna said its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6

    According to Moderna, the company’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Dr. Bill Muller of Northwestern University, who is helping study Moderna’s pediatric doses, shared “There’s still, I think, a lingering urgency to try to get that [vaccinating young children] done as soon as possible.”

  • The Wall Street Journal

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    Why Permanent Daylight-Saving Time is Bad for Your Health, Sleep Scientists Say

    Permanently moving to daylight-saving time is likely to cause more harm than good when it comes to our health, according to sleep scientists. Because a human’s internal clock is tied to the sun, when the clock springs forward, internal clocks don’t change. According to Phyllis Zee, professor of neurology and director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, “Of the three choices – permanent daylight-saving time, permanent standard time or where we are now, which is switching between the two – I think permanent DST is the worst solution”

  • USA Today

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    Moderna to seek FDA authorization for lower-dose COVID vaccine for children under 6

    A COVID-19 vaccine for babies and young children may finally be available after Moderna released data showing its vaccine is safe and effective in kids ages 6 months to 6 years. Vaccinating the youngest “has been somewhat of a moving target over the last couple months,” said Dr. Bill Muller of Northwestern University, an investigator in Moderna’s pediatric studies. “There’s still, I think, a lingering urgency to try to get that done as soon as possible.”

  • Chicago Tribune

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    Lake Forest Hospital earns several honors for patient services

    Northwestern Medicines’ Lake Forest Hospital has received a series of honors for a number of programs, specifically maternity care and patient safety.

  • NBC 5 Chicago

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    Symptoms, Transmissibility, and More: What We Know About the BA.2 Subvariant

    BA.2, known as the “stealth omicron”, is a subvariant of omicron. According to several health experts, BA.2 seems to be more transmissible than omicron. Northwestern’s Dr. Michael Angarone, an associate professor of medicine in infectious diseases, said the increased transmissibility could be strong in close contacts of those infected, however it is still to early to know for sure.

  • NBC 5 Chicago

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    New COVID Variant? What to Know as Experts Predict Rise in BA.2

    The BA.2 variant, also known as “stealth omicron,” a more transmissible version of the omicron variant, is beginning to grow in the U.S. Northwestern Medicine’s Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution said the subvariant was found in a Chicago resident in January. Based on how quickly new variants have arisen, some experts suggest the next one could arrive as early as May.

  • Chicago Tribune

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    Two years. 33,000 dead. Tracing the pandemic’s toll across Illinois and one doctor’s family.

    For some, COVID-19 has been mostly an inconvenience; for others, the losses include family, friends or neighbors. Mercedes Carnethon,
    vice chair of preventive medicine at Northwestern University said, “These experiences are influencing quite significantly the readiness to ‘move on’ from the pandemic.”

  • Crain’s Chicago Business

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    Northwestern Employs AI to Flag Incidental Findings in Imaging

    Northwestern Medicine is using an in-house build artificial intelligence tool to prevent incidental findings on patients’ medical imaging. According to Dr. Mozziyar Etemadi “This problem is a case study of preventable harm; there is a document but unrecognized finding that could have led to a meaningful intervention, but instead the patient’s disease develops unchecked.”

  • CBS Chicago

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    It’s World Sleep Day; here are tips for better sleep

    CBS 2′ s Audrina Bigos turned to an expert from Northwestern Medicine to ask, how do you improve your sleep? Dr. Justin Fiala said consistency is key and so is listening to your body.