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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Chicago Tribune
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‘It’s Created Fear’: As Cyclosporiasis Surges, Chicagoans Rethink What’s on Their Plates
Many fresh fruits and vegetables are in season during the summer, making produce even harder to avoid. Santina Wheat, a family physician, encourages patients to cook food when possible but said thoroughly washing produce is still a good first step.
“So many of the patients I’m having this conversation with are also ones that are really trying to lead healthy lives,” said Wheat, program director for the McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Delnor Hospital. “This is the time of year when you get to enjoy those foods.”
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USA TODAY
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Wildfires Set Record Levels of Hazardous Air in US: Ways To Stay Safe
Toxic smoke from the Canadian wildfires is setting record levels of hazardous air in the eastern United States.
“Unfortunately, the levels − at least where I am − are bad for everyone, regardless of whether you have underlying conditions or not,” Dr. Santina Wheat, program director of the McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Delnor hospital, near Chicago, said. “It can impact everyone as they’re breathing.”
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The Washington Post
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7 Things a Morning Headache Can Reveal About Your Health
Sometimes, head pain early in the day means you just slept wrong. Other times, it could be a sign of a health condition.
“As a sleep doctor, we always ask, ‘Do you wake up in the morning with a headache?’” said Phyllis Zee, chief of sleep medicine in the department of neurology at Northwestern Medicine. If the answer is yes, “we probe a little bit more” about related symptoms, she added, since snoring, gasping for air or excessive daytime sleepiness can all be additional signs of the condition.
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CBS News Chicago
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Chicago air quality worst in the world as Canada wildfire smoke chokes skies; beaches closed, events canceled
Chicago air quality is now hazardous as Canadian wildfire smoke has settled in an acrid haze over the area Thursday morning.
“The stuff that you’re seeing there on the images of the skyline are actually the less risky particles,” said Dr. Scott Budinger, chief of pulmonary and critical care at Northwestern Medicine.
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Chicago Sun-Times
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What Have We Learned About GLP-1s
According to a recent Gallup poll, the U.S. adult obesity rate has gradually dropped so far in 2026, a decline that correlates with the popularity of GLP-1 medications.
On today’s in the Loop, what have we learned so far about the popular drug? And how have GLP-1s changed how we think about health and weight loss? Our panel of experts, including Dr. Michah Eimer, clinical assistant professor of medicine in the division of cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School, dig into the how, why and what’s next for weight loss drugs.
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WGN
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Northwestern Thoracic Surgeon on Rare Quadruple-Organ Transplant
Dr. Chitaru Kurihara, thoracic surgeon and surgical director of the Lung Transplant Program at Northwestern Medicine, joins John Williams to share details surrounding the first known quadruple-organ transplant involving retransplanted lung that Northwestern surgeons performed.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Chicago Weather: High Temperatures, Air Quality Alert for Area as Wildfire Smoke Approaches
Dr. Justin Fiala, a pulmonologist with the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute says because of high levels of ozone pollution, people with respiratory issues or ailments probably should stay inside.
“So for people with asthma or COPD, they can end up with kind of an acute attack because of those things,” Dr. Fiala said. “Other people with other underlying conditions, say heart disease for instance, might feel like they are less able to do the things they normally able to do.”
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WebMD
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What Do the Daraxonrasib Study Results Really Mean, and What’s Next?
At the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, doctors stood and applauded after researchers presented results from a major study on daraxonrasib for pancreatic cancer: a nearly doubling of median survival rates.
Gladys Rodriguez, MD, an assistant professor and gastrointestinal medical oncologist at Northwestern Medicine, says most people with metastatic pancreatic cancer (cancer that’s spread to other parts of the body) start treatment with IV chemotherapy.
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Fox News
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Notable Figures Who Died From the Same Heart Condition Linked to Lindsey Graham’s Death
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death has thrown new attention on a rare but often deadly cardiovascular emergency known as aortic dissection. Dr. Neel Mansukhani, a vascular surgeon at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, explained why this condition can become life-threatening so quickly.
“The aorta is the main blood vessel that comes off of the heart, and it runs like a pipe through your body,” he told Fox News Digital. “Smaller blood vessels branch off to go to all your internal organs, arms, legs and brain.”
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CBS News Chicago
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Iowa Woman Gets Rare Quadruple Organ Transplant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital earlier this year performed the nation’s first known quadruple organ transplant on a patient with a prior lung transplant.
Following four months of recovery, Wehrle is now walking several miles a day. She personally thanked the doctors and her donors following this long journey.
