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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NBC News (National)
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Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers rose in pandemic’s first year, report shows
Dr. Janelle Bolden, an assistant OB-GYN professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said the report is not surprising.
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FOX News
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Pregnancy-related deaths climbed in first year of pandemic
Dr. Janelle Bolden, an assistant OB-GYN professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said the report is not surprising.
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MSN.com
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5 Secrets of Seniors Who Keep Their Minds ‘Young’
Emily Rogalski of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine does research on super-agers. In a Northwestern podcast, she notes that one of the distinctive things about “individuals who are free of dementia, free of cognitive problems, and really thriving in their community as well” is their endorsement of “stronger positive relationships with others.”
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NBC 5 Chicago
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Pregnancy-Related Deaths Rose in 2020, Especially Among Black Mothers
Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. Mothers climbed higher in the pandemic’s first year, continuing a decades-long trend that disproportionately affects Black people, according to a government report. Dr. Janelle Bolden, assistant OB-GYN professor, shared that the report is not surprising, stating “The pandemic has uncovered the disparities in access to care, healthcare quality and delivery.”
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WGN
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Facing fibroids as a Black woman: What you need to know
Black women are two to three times more likely than white women to develop uterine fibroids. One Black women shared her battle with fibroids and ovarian cysts and the hope-restoring treatment she received from Dr. Magdy Milad at Northwestern Medicine’s Center for Complex Gynecology.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Chicago youth on Chicago youth: Mental trauma is real
Most men of color, interviewed by their peers in a recent study, say they face mental health challenges. They also see a deep connection between systematic inequities and mental health. Claudio S. Rivera a professor of psychiatry, behavioral sciences and pediatrics at Northwestern and a psychologist at Lurie Children’s shared the importance of including wellness in the process of this study, as the discussions could become heavy because of the violence and trauma many participants have seen.
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The Washington Post
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Is it safe? In the movie theater business, the question is how much to promise older audiences.
Throughout the pandemic, movie theaters have been trying to convince customers that they are safe, simultaneously understanding why people chose to stay away. Now, with more people shedding masks and with states and localities easing restrictions, it could become even more difficult to convince people to visit the theater. Mercedes Carnethon, vice chair of preventative medicine, shares she would feel comfortable at a theater in Chicago, but “less so in Georgia, where the rates of vaccination are a whole lot lower.”
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The Washington Post
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Is it safe? In the movie theater business, the question is how much to promise older audiences.
Mercedes Carnethon, vice chair of preventive medicine at Northwestern University, experienced that debate firsthand over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
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The Washington Post
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Americans are tired of the pandemic. But disease experts preach caution — and endure a ‘kill the messenger’ moment.
Epidemiologist Mercedes Carnethon of Northwestern University went on national television programs recently to share her view that vulnerable populations still need protection and that people need to keep taking sensible measures to suppress the virus — such as wearing masks.
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NBC News (National)
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Vaccine requirements are being lifted across America as Covid cases wane
“I wish the pandemic were over and it was safe to lift vaccine mandates, particularly in spaces where masks will be off for eating and drinking. This seems like a move to promote normalcy without there really being normalcy,” said Dr. Sadiya Khan, an epidemiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “Vaccine mandates are safe and effective public health strategies, and backing down on this is likely to worsen spread.”
