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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Reuters
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University of Washington forecasts 300,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths
On the positive side, medical professionals have a better understanding of what they are dealing with, said Dr Khalilah Gates, a pulmonary and critical care specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. “We don’t know all of it, but it’s not the fear of the unknown anymore,” she told Reuters.
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USA Today
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As COVID-19 spread, the feds relaxed rules, and hospitals tried to contain the outbreak. Other infections may have risen
There are downsides, too. Given the amount of protective equipment staff must wear to go into patients’ rooms, nurses may enter less frequently to monitor patients, said Cindy Barnard, vice president of quality for Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, which has 10 hospitals in and around Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune
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What racism does to your heart, health
Black people who have experienced anti-Blackness may have shorter life expectancies, said Clyde Yancy, chief of the cardiology division at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Yancy cited a 2014 American Journal of Preventive Medicine study, which revealed that experiencing bias accelerates aging for Black men.
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The Washington Post
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Health illiteracy is nothing new in America. But the pandemic magnifies how troubling it is.
One in five people struggle with health information, says Michael S. Wolf, director of the Center for Applied Health Research on Aging at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. “It’s easy to misunderstand [medical information],” says Wolf, who is also founding director of the medical school’s Health Literacy and Learning Program. Some will be too ashamed to say so while others won’t realize they missed a critical detail.
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TODAY
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Coronavirus survivor talks about being first to have double lung transplant
Mayra Ramirez, 28, joins the 3rd hour of TODAY with her surgeon, Dr. Ankit Bharat of Northwestern Medicine, to tell Al Roker about her recovery after becoming the first coronavirus patient to undergo a double lung transplant. “I have the scars to prove that this is real. I never want anyone to undergo what I went through,” said Ramirez.
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The New York Times
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A COVID Patient Goes Home After a Rare Double Lung Transplant
“It’s such a paradigm change,” said Ms. Ramirez’s surgeon, Dr. Ankit Bharat. “Lung transplant has not been considered a treatment option for an infectious disease, so people need to get a little bit more of a comfort level with it.”
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USA Today
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Heart damage found in coronavirus patients months after recovering from COVID-19, study says
“When this came to our attention, we were struck,” said Dr. Clyde Yancy, chief cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and an editor at JAMA Cardiology. The findings would have been virtually impossible to pinpoint without this study, as the majority of patients didn’t exhibit any symptoms and these specific abnormalities detected by the MRI wouldn’t have been seen on an echocardiogram, which is more commonly used in the standard clinical setting.
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U.S. News & World Report
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Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients
“Mayra and Brian wouldn’t be alive today without the double lung transplants. COVID-19 completely destroyed their lungs and they were critically ill going into the transplant procedure, making it a daunting undertaking,” said Dr. Ankit Bharat, chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the Northwestern Medicine Lung Transplant Program.
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The New York Times
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Children May Carry Coronavirus at High Levels, Study Finds
“The school situation is so complicated — there are many nuances beyond just the scientific one,” said Dr. Taylor Heald-Sargent, a pediatric infectious diseases expert at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, who led the study, published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Chicago Tribune
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Clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine must include more Black, Latino and Indigenous people
Researchers throughout the world are racing to find effective treatments to reduce morbidity and mortality and develop vaccines to limit the spread of COVID-19. It is imperative that clinical investigators prioritize the representation of diverse populations and emphasize enrollment of populations at the highest risk for exposure, incidence and poor outcomes.
