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.
-
The New York Times
–
New Drugs Could Help Treat Obesity. Could They End the Stigma, Too?
If incretins pass the approval process, they might help convince the most important constituency of all — doctors — that obesity is a chronic disease and that it can be treated, said Dr. Robert F. Kushner, an obesity researcher and clinician at Northwestern University. One reason many doctors don’t help patients with obesity is that they don’t know how, Dr. Kushner said.
-
CNN
–
Covid vaccines do not harm placenta, contrary to social media misinformation, study finds
“We have reached a stage in vaccine distribution where we are seeing vaccine hesitancy, and this hesitancy is pronounced for pregnant people,” said Dr. Emily Miller, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern Medicine, in a statement. In a new study published Tuesday, Miller and her team at Northwestern confirmed that Covid-19 vaccines do not harm the placenta and affect pregnancy adversely as a result.
-
WTTW News
–
Vaccine Hesitancy Driven for Some by Fear of Allergic Reactions
Dr. Robert Murphy leads the Institute for Global Health at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. He says there is far more flexibility to request a certain vaccine at a certain location now because of the current supply-and-demand situation. “There is more vaccine now than people willing to take the vaccine,” Murphy said.
-
Chicago Tribune
–
‘I think we’ll be testing forever’: Testing remains a vital tool in war on COVID-19, despite growing number of vaccinations
Heather Keirnan, vice president of operations for Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care, recalled the early days of the pandemic when doctors didn’t have enough COVID-19 tests to give to the onslaught of people showing symptoms of the virus. Without any diagnostic clarity, people with a cough or sore throat stayed home for two weeks, until the symptoms abated, never sure if they actually contracted the virus.
-
Chicago Tribune
–
Kids as young as 12 are cleared to get the COVID-19 vaccine. How parents can ease their fears.
Dora Castro-Ahillen, child life service manager at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, said children with autism or sensory processing disorders may benefit from a vaccination rehearsal of sorts. “It’s important to know what are some of the things they are going to feel, smell, hear — anything that helps them prepare,” Castro-Ahillen said.
-
The Washington Post
–
Why young people are using preventive Botox, and what they need to know
While patients often ask Murad Alam, a professor and vice chair of dermatology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, if something bad will happen if they decide to discontinue treatments, the answer, he said, is “a very unequivocal and certain no.”
-
The Washington Post
–
The pandemic has made it harder to find mental health resources, while also deepening the need
Even as the pandemic’s “constant barrage of large and small daily stressors is taking a toll on many if not the majority of our population,” Nancy Molitor, a clinical psychologist at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said the end of the pandemic also comes with its own mental health issues. “I am already talking to patients who have forms of ‘reentry anxiety,’ ” Molitor said.
-
ABC News – Nightline
–
Indians in US feel helpless as COVID-19 ravages communities on subcontinent
[VIDEO] Dr. Sajal Tanna tries to counsel family and friends in India from Chicago. Just a few months ago, India’s ruling party declared the pandemic was over — now the situation is worse than ever.
Featuring: Sajal Tanna, MD, MPH, infectious diseases at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
-
WTTW News
–
FDA Announces Plans to Ban Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Cigars
Dr. Clyde Yancy, chief of cardiology of Northwestern’s Department of Medicine, said the ban is the first step in a larger initiative. “The goal really is to reduce the burden of tobacco in communities that are quite vulnerable, that are at risk and that have already suffered a disproportionate burden due to their exposure to tobacco,” said Yancy, who is also the vice dean of diversity and inclusion at Northwestern.
-
Chicago Tribune
–
‘Vaccine field trips’ and school shot events are among ideas for getting more Chicago students and their families inoculated
Delivering vaccines directly to students and their families at neighborhood schools will also bolster the public health goal of reaching members of underserved communities who are vaccine hesitant or have had trouble securing the shots from other providers, said Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “Opening up schools as vaccine sites is a great idea, especially when we need to try to get eligible students vaccinated by the fall,” Murphy said.
