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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COVID-19 test positivity rates rising statewide as officials ask residents to consider changes to holiday tradition
Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said in an interview this week that he’s extremely concerned about the recent resurgence of COVID-19 in Illinois. While Illinois has done relatively well in slowing the spread of the virus compared with its Midwestern neighbors, it never reduced spread to the low levels seen in New York and New England, Murphy said.
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NBC News
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New COVID cases surge in Midwest as weather cools and resistance heats up
“This has been a general trend and we suspect it has a lot to do with cooler weather forcing people indoors where they congregate without masks,” said Dr. Sadiya Khan, an epidemiologist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “It’s quite concerning.” The White House, which has been harshly criticized for its response to a crisis that has claimed more than 217,000 lives out of 7.9 million infections in the United States, appears to share that concern.
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U.S. News & World Report
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How Long Can I Expect a COVID-19 Illness to Last?
Dr. Khalilah Gates, a Chicago lung specialist, said many of her hospitalized COVID-19 patients still have coughing episodes, breathing difficulties and fatigue three to four months after infection. She said it’s hard to predict exactly when COVID-19 patients will return to feeling well. “The unsettling part of all this is we don’t have all the answers,” said Gates, an assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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The New York Times
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For Pregnant Women, a Push to Head Off Depression Before It Starts
Developed in the early 2000s by psychologists at the University of California, San Francisco, the program is now available in more than 20 American states and has been piloted in Kenya and Tanzania as well. Its organizers “like to think of Mothers and Babies as having a two-generation impact that improves the health and well-being of both mother and child,” said Darius Tandon, an associate professor and director of the Mothers and Babies Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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Chicago Tonight
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Northwestern Study: 20% of Chicagoans May Have Had COVID-19
Far more Chicagoans may have been infected by COVID-19 than previously thought. We discuss the preliminary findings of a new study with Dr. Elizabeth McNally of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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The New York Times
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‘I Feel Like I Have Dementia’: Brain Fog Plagues Covid Survivors
“There are thousands of people who have that,” said Dr. Igor Koralnik, chief of neuro-infectious disease at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, who has already seen hundreds of survivors at a post-Covid clinic he leads. “The impact on the work force that’s affected is going to be significant.
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Chicago Tribune
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Researchers surprised: 20% of Chicagoans in blood-test study came up positive for coronavirus antibodies
That 20% infection rate is higher than the scientists anticipated based on earlier research, said Dr. Elizabeth McNally, director of the Center for Genetic Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. One study by other Northwestern researchers tested hospital workers from across the Chicago region and found antibodies in less than 5%.
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USA Today
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Is 6 feet really a safe distance? Should I go to a bar? There are still many questions about COVID-19
“Under certain conditions, particularly indoors and in areas with poor airflow around unmasked people infected with COVID-19, the virus can be transmitted via an airborne route via so-called aerosols (very fine particles suspended in air),’’ said Dr. Benjamin Singer, pulmonary and critical care specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. “These particles can hang in the air and transmit over distances greater than six feet.’’
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The New York Times
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After a Hospital Stay for Covid, Patients May Face Months of Rehabilitation
A study published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia this month found that nerve injuries were common among patients on ventilators because they are frequently placed face down in their hospital beds. This practice, called “proning,” improves their breathing and can be lifesaving. But it can also compress nerves in the shoulders, legs and other limbs, increasing the odds of a disability. “It’s one of the more severe and substantial neurological problems that people can experience from Covid-19,” said the lead author of the study, Dr. Colin Franz, an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and neurology at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Fox News
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Over 80% of hospitalized coronavirus patients experience neurological symptoms, study finds
While respiratory issues are a well-documented symptom of coronavirus, researchers have found that over 80% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experience some type of neurological manifestation as well. In examining 509 patients admitted to a Chicago hospital network, researchers found that 419 of them presented a neurological issue at some point during the course of their COVID-19 infection.
