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A Northwestern Medicine study in mice has identified new treatment targets for glaucoma, including preventing a severe pediatric form of glaucoma, as well as uncovering a possible new class of therapy for the most common cause of glaucoma in adults.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have shown for the first time that coronavirus vaccines and prior coronavirus infections can provide broad immunity against other, similar coronaviruses.

Pull out those trick-or-treat bags for your kids. The Halloween tradition can be reinstated this year, if certain safety COVID precautions are in place, say Northwestern Medicine experts.

New findings show that a tidal disruption event did not generate the energy needed to produce a neutrino. In fact, the event spewed out an "ordinary" outflow of material.

Recent polling shows that most Americans continue to support his mandates so far—and 65% support a universal mandate. The survey from a consortium of universities, including Northwestern, Northeastern, Harvard and Rutgers, shows a majority would also support narrower vaccine mandates for students attending school or college and for travelers flying commercially.

A recent Northwestern Medicine study found the level of health literacy among pregnant people isn’t where it needs to be, and it’s having a negative impact on babies in utero and after birth.

Rebecca Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin’s flagship campus, has been named the next president of Northwestern University. She will become Northwestern’s 17th president, effective in the summer of 2022.

A Northwestern University research team has developed a versatile composite fabric that can deactivate threats such as the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Given annually by Northwestern’s Campus Inclusion and Community (CIC) in the Division of Student Affairs, the Jazzy Johnson Waw-jashk awards called for nominations from faculty, staff and students based on five tenets: commitment, courage, care, service and humility.

A new study by Sera Young, associate professor of anthropology and a fellow at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research, research associate Hilary Bethancourt and colleagues shows that the 12-item Individual Water Insecurity Experience Scale (IWISE) can measure how water insecurity impacts people around the world.