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Small businesses across the U.S. have applied for aid from the government’s Paycheck Protection Program. Northwestern expert comments on economics of small business loans.
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Researchers are developing new peptide-based therapeutics for targeting and disabling the coronavirus’ so-called “spike proteins," which infect healthy cells to cause COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting how certain populations, namely African-Americans, in some cities are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than other populations.
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Researchers are using cell-free synthetic biology to ramp up production of valinomycin, a promising drug that has proven effective in obliterating SARS-CoV in cellular cultures.

A century of social science research provides insights to better align behavior with the recommendations of public officials and health experts – insights that will be explored in a hour-long webinar presented by Northwestern University at noon (CDT) Tuesday, April 14.
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Héctor Carrillo and John Alba Cutler, both professors in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, were named recipients of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship.

Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences faculty members Héctor Carrillo and Dyan Elliott and School of Communication faculty member Jeffrey Sconce are among the 2020 Guggenheim Fellows newly named by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Doctors and nurses on the front lines of COVID-19 care are under intense stress and feeling anxious and overwhelmed, says a Northwestern Medicine expert on trauma disorders.
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Northwestern is partnering with the City of Evanston to establish an emergency food pantry for community members who face economic hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many individuals in the highest risk category for COVID-19 didn’t think the disease would affect them and reported not changing their behavior at the beginning of Chicago’s outbreak.
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