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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WebMD
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More Vitamin D, Lower Risk of Severe COVID-19?
At Northwestern University, researchers used modeling to estimate that 17% of those deficient in vitamin D would develop a severe COVID-19 infection, but only about 14% of those with healthy vitamin D levels. They estimated the association between vitamin D and severe COVID-19 based on a potential link between vitamin D deficiency and C-reactive proteins, or CRP, a surrogate marker for severe COVID-19
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The New York Times
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‘COVID Toes,’ Other Rashes Latest Possible Rare Virus Signs
It’s showing up in young people too, according to Dr. Amy Paller of Northwestern University, who is part of a pediatric dermatology registry also collecting images of patients’ toes. Among the theories: Is it just inflammation triggered by an infection instead of the cold? Is the virus irritating the lining of blood vessels in the skin, or perhaps causing microscopic blood clots?
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CNN
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Thousands of people want to be exposed to Covid-19 for science
Seema Shah, a bioethicist and associate professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine — and an author of the Science article — said participants of a recent 40-day human-challenge study for malaria were paid about $2,300. “Some were very motivated by the money, but others were also interested in the experience, and still others have strong motivations to help others,” she said, adding that some participants personally knew sufferers of malaria and some even donated some of their earnings to charities.
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HealthDay
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Vigorous Exercise Safe for Those at Risk of Knee Arthritis
Some folks hold back on physical activity because they fear it will increase their chances of developing knee arthritis, so researchers from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago took a closer look. “Our study findings convey a reassuring message that adults at high risk for knee [arthritis] may safely engage in long-term strenuous physical activity at a moderate level to improve their general health and well-being,” said study author Alison Chang, associate professor of physical therapy and human movement sciences.
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HealthDay
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Kidney Failure Often a COVID-19 Complication
Many COVID-19 patients are at risk for acute kidney failure, according to a new study. Acute kidney failure — also called acute kidney injury (AKI) — is a serious complication of COVID-19 that’s underreported and not well understood, the Northwestern University researchers said. The death rate for patients with severe acute kidney failure is about 50%, they noted.
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Fox News
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Second Abbott coronavirus antibody test gets emergency use authorization
Researchers from Northwestern University also developed an antibody test that they say can be completed using only a single drop of dried blood from a finger prick. As of Monday morning, more than 4.1 million coronavirus cases have been diagnosed worldwide, more than 1.33 million of which are in the U.S., the most impacted country on the planet.
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ABC News
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How a strategy based on testing helped eradicate smallpox
Some people with COVID-19 can walk around without exhibiting symptoms. No one is sure when in the course of infection the tests can pick up the signs, according to Tina Tan, professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University and an infectious disease expert. “If someone has been significantly exposed to COVID-19, regardless of the test results, that person pretty much has the infection,” Tan said.
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The Washington Post
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Doctors keep discovering new ways the coronavirus attacks the body
The thinking of kidney specialists has evolved along similar lines. Initially, they attributed widespread and severe kidney disease to the damage caused by ventilators and certain medications given to intensive-care patients, said Daniel Batlle, a professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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NPR
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Too Much Alone Time? Tips To Connect And Find Joy While Social Distancing
We are social creatures. So it’s no surprise that quarantine fatigue has begun to set in. “Humans are wired to come together physically,” says psychologist Judith Moskowitz of Northwestern University. But, loneliness has become widespread in modern life. And, social distancing has just exacerbated the problem,” Moskowitz says.
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HealthDay
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Researchers at Northwestern University have created a new antibody test that detects antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The minimally invasive test only requires a single drop of blood from a finger prick. Antibody tests are useful in determining if someone has had prior exposure to a virus. It does this by detecting the presence of IgM and IgG antibodies that the body makes when infected with foreign viral proteins.
Widespread testing using this finger prick method would also mean people could take their own blood samples at home and send them to a lab through the mail. “By not requiring people to come into the clinic to have their blood drawn, we conserve clinical resources, keep people safe at home during shelter-in-place and greatly increase the potential reach of antibody testing,” says Thomas McDade, Ph.D., a biological anthropologist in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and lead author of the research paper, in a press release.
