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As the Biden administration moves to contain the latest ravaging wave of COVID-19 by providing Americans with 1 billion COVID-19 self-test kits and 400 million N95 masks for free, new survey data reveal how many are wearing masks, including which types, and how at-home COVID tests are likely leading to undercounts of those contracting the virus.

Ian Kelly, former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and ambassador-in-residence at Northwestern University, is available to speak with media ahead of Anthony Blinken’s meeting in Geneva on Friday with Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov as tensions grow over Ukraine.
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A smartphone app tested at Northwestern University, which aims to make a parent's transition to caring for their preemie baby easier, helped parents feel more confident, a new study found.

Randall Berry, a professor of electrical engineering at Northwestern University and an expert on wireless spectrum policy, said that there are some solutions that could assuage the fears of U.S. airlines around the deployment of 5G networks.
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Researchers have revealed how the Zika virus suppresses cellular signaling to gain access to cells and invade the body. The finding offers a new target for antiviral drugs.

This year’s keynote speaker is Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and creator of the New York Times’ 1619 Project. The programs are free and open to the public.

A team of researchers at Northwestern University has discovered a nanotherapy technique to help make immunomodulation more effective, with implications in Type 1 diabetes research and islet cell transplantation.

In countries rich and poor, women experienced the largest declines in employment during the pandemic, largely due to childcare needs during school closures, new research from Northwestern University and others shows.
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The seemingly inevitable downside of treating one’s cancer seems to be a reduction in their quality of life. A new study found an immune therapy treatment was less toxic to patients' overall health and also extended their lives better than other treatments.

Previous researchers assumed that lightweight microplastics flowed quickly through rivers, but new model shows hydrodynamics trap microplastic particles for up to seven years.