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“Ventilation is critically important because it is clear that the virus is spread through respiratory droplets, even through ordinary activities such as talking and eating,” said Mercedes Carnethon, an epidemiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

The sheer number of still-skeptical Americans — and their willingness to shift the goal posts on what might convince them — underscores that vaccination mandates are essential, said Robert Murphy, an infectious-disease physician and executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Overall, the study found, diversity in gut bacteria explained up to 15% of the link between those flavonoid-rich foods and lower blood pressure. Studies like this are helping researchers better understand exactly how diet affects health, according to Linda Van Horn, a volunteer expert with the American Heart Association (AHA).

A man who is concerned about his fertility can take a number of common-sense steps, said Dr. Robert Brannigan, professor in the department of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.f

A new and improved shot is already in the works, think of it as Covid vaccine 2.0. And local scientists like Northwestern Medicine Immunologist Dr Pablo Penaloza-Macmaster said it better protects against breakthrough infections. “They are pretty effective in terms of preventing severe disease and death,” he said.

“I think it will help a few people, move them toward wanting the vaccine, but I think the biggest benefit will probably come from the comfort bigger organizations have in mandates,” said Dr. Jeffrey Linder, a primary care doctor at Northwestern Medicine and chief of the division of general internal medicine and geriatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

“While moms’ age has increased slightly, we saw similar increases in gestational diabetes in every age group from 15 to 44, so age can’t be the only driver,” said study co-author Dr. Sadiya Khan, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.

Robert Murphy, executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University, called the results “amazing,” and “caught many people by surprise.” He pointed to Lollapalooza as a potential model for future events.

Before the rise in popularity of fitness trackers and smartwatches, cardiologist Sadiya Khan said patients rarely came in with questions about why their heart rates seemed high or low. But the growing interest in wearable devices, which some early research suggests can even detect coronavirus symptoms, means many people have a trove of real-time health information at their fingertips.

The number of people hospitalized for the disease in Lake County is increasing quicker than the number of new cases, according to reports from Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan and Advocate Aurora Health, which operates Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville and Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.