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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UPI
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Vast number of new dads lead unhealthy lifestyles, survey finds
“These data, especially in combination with data from mothers, offer a roadmap of where we need to focus attention to improve the health and well-being of families during pregnancy and after a child is born,” said Craig Garfield, a professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University in Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune
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Illinois schools could see fewer student quarantines from COVID-19 close contacts
Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of Northwestern University’s Institute for Global Health and a professor of infectious diseases at the Feinberg School of Medicine, said “after having COVID-19, you have enough immunity not to get reinfected for at least 90 days.”
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Chicago Tribune
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Lake County health officials say booster shots are vital for older folks
Dr. Michael Bauer, the medical director at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, said in an email he recommends taking advantage of both government programs, particularly the higher quality masks.
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FOX 32 Chicago
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Doctors seeing increase in children with COVID exhibiting croup-like symptoms
Dr. Alin Abraham, pediatrician with Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, talks about why they’re seeing an uptick in cases of croup in children under 5 who test positive for COVID-19.
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WGN
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Painting a new path to Covid recovery: Doctor uses art to process pandemic experience
Justin Fiala is a pulmonary and critical care specialist at Northwestern Medicine, where he cares for the sickest Covid patients.
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CNBC
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Omicron surge shows signs of easing in states hit early by the fast-spreading variant
In Illinois, Dr. Khalilah Gates, assistant dean of medical education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said you can “already kind of feel” the stabilization of hospitalizations
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Washington Post
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Not a morning person? A sunrise alarm clock could be the answer, experts say.
Sunrise alarm clocks, also known as dawn simulators, are a “growing trend,” said Phyllis Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
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National Public Radio
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How are healthcare workers holding up?
The omicron surge is continuing to put strain on hospitals and healthcare workers. The vast majority of the 7,100 hospitalizations in Illinois right now are being driven by the unvaccinated.
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Washington Post
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After the pig-to-human heart transplant, the FDA, clinicians and insurers have some catching up to do
On Jan. 7, David Bennett, a 57-year-old man with end-stage heart disease, received a heart from a genetically modified pig at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The pig had 10 genetic alterations: one was designed to prevent the recipient’s body from rejecting the pig heart, another aimed to keep the pig’s heart from growing post-transplant.
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TIME
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Older Americans Are the Ignored Victims of the Opioid Epidemic
In adults ages 55 and older, opioid overdose deaths rose tenfold between 1999 and 2019, surging from 0.9 deaths per 100,000 people to 10.7, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open that analyzed two decades of data.
