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Radiological images confirm ‘COVID-19 can cause the body to attack itself'
February 12, 2021
Long-term muscle soreness and achy joints are common symptoms with COVID-19. A new Northwestern Medicine study has confirmed and illustrated the causes of these symptoms through radiological imaging.

Nominations invited for $250,000 Kabiller Prize
February 11, 2021
Northwestern University is now accepting nominations for two prestigious international prizes: the $250,000 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine, and the $10,000 Kabiller Young Investigator Award.

Cancer patients’ COVID vaccines should be a national priority
February 11, 2021
Cancer patients should be prioritized to receive the COVID vaccine, as studies have shown some subsets of cancer patients have higher morbidity and mortality from COVID, said Dr. Leonidas Platanias.
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Why Black men’s prostate cancer may be more responsive to immunotherapy
February 10, 2021
Black men die more often of prostate cancer yet, paradoxically, have greater survival benefits from immunotherapy treatment. A new Northwestern Medicine study discovered the reason appears to be an increase of a surprising type of immune cell in the tumor.

New anti-obesity medication almost twice as effective as most currently approved weight-loss drugs
February 10, 2021
A new anti-obesity medication was shown to be almost twice as effective at helping individuals lose weight than some of the current weight loss drugs on the market, a new study found.

Two-thirds of parents voice concern about K–12 students’ learning losses
February 9, 2021
Two-thirds of respondents (67%), whether students or parents, say they are concerned about the quality of K–12 learning during the pandemic, according to a new national survey of more than 25,000 people by Northwestern, Northeastern, Rutgers and Harvard universities. The finding holds across respondents from different racial backgrounds, incomes and political affiliations.

From college student to CEO
February 9, 2021
Sarah Ahmad has always been interested in entrepreneurship. But during the summer before her senior year, she had a difficult decision to make: take the prestigious internship she was offered that would pay well and look good on her resume, or spend the summer working on her startup?

Michael R. Jackson begins residency at the School of Communication
February 9, 2021
The School of Communication at Northwestern University will host a virtual residency with Hope Abelson Artist-in-Residence Michael R. Jackson Feb. 15 to March 5.

Gun sales spiked in 2020 amid pandemic, social justice protests
February 5, 2021
Amid the protests and turbulence of 2020, Americans set a new record for gun purchases, with the FBI tallying a new high of 21 million background checks over the year. That was an increase of 26% over the 2016 record of 15.7 million.
Professors available to comment on start of impeachment trial
February 5, 2021
Senate Republicans unlikely to convict former President Trump
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