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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U.S. News & World Report
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Following CDC Guidance Reversal, Will Mask Mandates Make a Comeback?
“Los Angeles County is first, but this is going to pop up all over the place,” says Robert Murphy, the executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Future coronavirus hot spots will be like “mini bushfires” that will appear throughout the entire country – “and it’s going to be focused on these low vaccination rate counties,” according to Murphy.
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U.S. News & World Report
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AHA News: Deaths Related to Irregular Heart Rhythm May Be Rising, Especially Among Younger People
Dr. Yoshihiro Tanaka, the study’s lead author, said the research did not prove AFib was causing more deaths, only that “it could be contributing to the increase.” He said the study was limited by possible misclassifications in the cause of death and a lack of data about when people were diagnosed with AFib, how long they had it and if they were treated for it.
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NBC 5
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital Ranks Top Hospital in Illinois and Top Ten in the Country
The Northwestern Memorial Hospital was recognized as the top hospital in Illinois and the number tenth in the country by the U.S. News & World Report. Apart from the “America’s Best Hospital” recognition given to Northwestern Memorial, several Northwestern Medicine hospitals also ranked high in Best Hospitals in the Chicago metro area and Illinois.
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Los Angeles Times
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Coronavirus Today: CDC changes its mind on masks (again)
For one thing, the vaccines induce a stronger immune response than a natural infection, especially if your COVID-19 symptoms were mild, said Mercedes Carnethon, an epidemiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “We get a more robust and consistent response from the vaccine,” Carnethon told my colleague Amina Khan.
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ABC News
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Heated tobacco products: The next generation of smoke-free alternatives targeting teens
“The tobacco industry is always looking for new ways to get new people to smoke and use nicotine products and be hooked for life,” said Dr. Maria Rahmandar, medical director of the Substance Use and Prevention Program at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.
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Fox News
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K-12 schools should implement universal masking to protect younger kids, expert says
The advice, given by Dr. Tina Tan, member of the IDSA board of directors and professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, goes a step further than guidance given by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which currently recommends masks for unvaccinated individuals.
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U.S. News & World Report
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Worried About Delta-Linked ‘Breakthrough’ Infections? Experts Explain the Risks
“The end game is most people who get breakthrough infections either have very mild symptoms or no symptoms. They rarely end up in the hospital, and they don’t die,” said Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “The big question is how infectious are they? That’s what we are trying to find out,” he said in a Northwestern news release.
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HealthDay
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Money Can Buy Americans Longer Life: Study
“Our results suggest that building wealth is important for health at the individual level, even after accounting for where one starts out in life,” said Greg Miller, a faculty fellow at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research, in Chicago. “So, from a public health perspective, policies that support and protect individuals’ ability to achieve financial security are needed.”
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U.S. News & World Report
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Stronger Hearts, Better Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study
Study author Dr. Sadiya Khan said the findings make a case for more comprehensive heart assessments prior to pregnancy rather than focusing on isolated individual risk factors, such as high blood pressure (“hypertension”) or body mass index (an estimate of body fat based on height and weight).
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Los Angeles Times
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Misinformation is killing people. Here’s the truth about COVID vaccines
“We know that the level of antibodies one gets from natural infection varies depending on the severity of their infection,” said Mercedes Carnethon, an epidemiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. On the other hand, “we get a more robust and consistent response from the vaccine.” That makes it a better bet “for immunity over a long period of time,” she said.
