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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Good Morning America
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What Vaccines Doctors Say You May Need for Respiratory Virus Season
“Obviously, we target high-risk groups, so those would be older adults, so over the age of 50, people with chronic medical conditions, individuals who are immunocompromised, individuals that have obesity, or persons who are pregnant or wanting to get pregnant, and healthcare personnel,” Dr. Michael Angarone, director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, told ABC News. “But I recommend every patient that I see should get vaccinated for influenza.”
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Chicago Tribune
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2026 Chicago school board races: District 4A
Here’s what to know about the race in District 4A, including the candidates and their campaign platforms. Three candidates are running in District 4A: Angel Alvarez, Ellen Sherratt and incumbent Karen Zaccor.
Alvarez is a research assistant professor at Northwestern University, Sherratt is an education consultant and Zaccor is a retired Chicago Public Schools teacher.
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Chicago Tribune
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Marathon Conditions Becoming Less Ideal as Climate Change Warms Race Days
Toward the middle of the day Sunday, as tens of thousands of runners race in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, temperatures are forecast to climb into the upper 60s to mid-70s.
It’s not the worst kind of weather for a long run. But it is unseasonably warm — the normal high for Oct. 11 is 65 degrees — and “it’s less than ideal,” said George Chiampas, chief medical and safety officer for the marathon since 2007 and an emergency physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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NBC Chicago
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When should You Get Screened for Breast Cancer? Some Steps Can Start Sooner Than You Might Think
Dr. Sonya Bhole, a breast radiologist at Northwestern Medicine in Evanston, said breast cancer is on the rise and shouldn’t be seen as a disease that only impacts people in their 40s and 50s.
“The American Cancer Society has found that the steepest incline is in women under 50, and that’s about 1.4% per year,” Bhloe said.
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Scientific American
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Scientists Might Finally Have Figured Out Why Weed Makes You Feel Paranoid
Whether you are smoking or eating it, marijuana can be relaxing—or it can cause feelings of anxiety, panic and paranoia. But despite the prevalence of these unnerving experiences—studies suggest frequent cannabis use is associated with higher odds of anxiety—scientists have little understanding as to why they occur.
“From a biological perspective, we really know almost nothing,” says Sachin Patel, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University.
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BBC
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How to Cut Your Dementia Risk: 7 Key Lessons from the World’s Most Important Studies
No one likes being lonely, but its effects might be more long-lasting than you think.
“It’s not abnormal for people to feel lonely in certain instances,” says Eileen Graham, associate professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University, Illinois. “You know, low points in a person’s life, such as after a breakup or something like that. These sorts of things aren’t particularly problematic.”
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NBC Chicago
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Given 6 Months to Live, Chicago Man Credits Second Opinion for Saving His Life
At 46 years old, Gerardo Rodriguez Salazar was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer and told it was terminal. Five years later, he is sharing his survival story alongside the doctor he credits with saving his life.
A friend told him about the GI cancer clinic where he met Dr. Gladys Rodriguez, a gastrointestinal oncologist and the director of the Hispanic Gastrointestinal Clinic at Northwestern Medicine, for a second opinion. “She changed my life,” Salazar said. “My life is 100 times better because of her.”
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WGN
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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: What to Know About Russian Pneumonic Plague Case
Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about how concerned we should be about a potential case of pneumonic plague in Russia after a laboratory worker who studied the disease died.
Dr. Kopin also talks about how long you should stay isolated if you have the flu, and to encourage everyone to get your influenza vaccine.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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South suburban Mother Celebrates Son’s First Birthday After 20 Miscarriages, Years of Pregnancy Loss
October marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and for one southwest suburban family, the observance carries special meaning as they celebrate a milestone they once feared might never come.
“After sequential losses, it can be so emotionally devastating for people that many won’t try again because it’s just too hard,” said Dr. Susan Gerber of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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WGN
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Dr. Sterling Elliott: How Could a Lethal Injection Fail?
Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of orthopedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the best way to dispose of prescription drugs that people no longer need, why certain people have physical reactions to COVID and flu vaccines, and what happened during Christa Pike’s lethal injection.
Later, Dr. Elliott answers listener’s prescription drug questions.
