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Fooling coronavirus with new decoy protein renders it impotent

March 29, 2021
A novel protein designed by Northwestern Medicine scientists significantly reduced lung damage and resulted in only mild symptoms in mice infected with SARS-Cov-2 while untreated animals in this model all succumbed to the infection.
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Political beliefs shape whether we notice social inequality

March 29, 2021
Those on the left of the political spectrum are more likely than those on the right to notice social inequality, but only when it affects typically disadvantaged groups, a new study from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University has shown.
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Rural U.S. has more heart failure deaths than urban areas

March 29, 2021
Heart failure deaths are persistently higher in rural areas of the United States compared with urban areas, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. The research also showed race disparities in heart failure are prevalent in rural and urban areas with greatest increases among Black adults under 65 years old.
A doctor at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, receives a COVID-19 vaccination. Department of Defense photo by Lisa Ferdinando courtesy of Flickr.

Hesitancy to vaccinate has declined among health care workers and public

March 25, 2021
A new study from a research consortium including Northwestern University shows that while attitudes toward vaccination remain unchanged among the vaccine-resistant population, the level of hesitancy has dropped substantially since January, from 37% to 29% among health care workers and from 41% to 31% among non-health care workers.

Suez Canal traffic jam could affect oil prices, expert says

March 24, 2021
The impasse caused by a stranded container ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal could affect the prices of oil and other goods if it remained unresolved for a while, said Phillip Braun, professor of finance at Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.
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Evanston reparations ‘an incredibly important milestone,’ expert says

March 23, 2021
The city of Evanston’s decision to approve a reparations program aimed at its Black residents is an “incredibly important milestone” and a testament to the work of local activists and politicians who made the issue of racial justice central to Democratic Party politics, said Alvin Tillery, a professor of political science at Northwestern University.
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Behind the scenes with the first Black women bosses of TV news

March 23, 2021
In her new book, “Ladies Leading: The Black Women Who Control Television News,” Ava Greenwell interviews 40 Black women among the first to climb the ranks of TV news to the very top, where they have taken on racism and gender bias.