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Texas election lawsuit: ‘Demonstrates the depths of modern hyperpartisanship’
December 11, 2020
More than 100 Republican members of the U.S. House have signed on to an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed with the Supreme Court
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U.S. needs to gain access to as much of each vaccine as possible
December 11, 2020
Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management professor Craig Garthwaite is available to comment on the possibilities and challenges surrounding vaccine rollout.
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In the face of global upheaval, international organizations are essential to protect human rights
December 9, 2020
As the world celebrates Human Rights Day tomorrow, international bodies like the World Health Organization must receive our support as essential instruments of protecting fundamental human rights in the face of global upheaval, according to Juliet Sorensen, clinical professor of law with Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center for International Human Rights.
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Aquatic robot inspired by sea creatures walks, rolls, transports cargo
December 9, 2020
Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind life-like material that acts as a soft robot. It can walk at human speed, pick up and transport cargo, climb up hills and spin to release a particle.
Independent panel of national legal experts issues recommendations in Myon Burrell case
December 8, 2020
Burrell is serving a life sentence for the 2002 death of Minneapolis 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards
New drug connects dots that cause clots in COVID-19 patients
December 8, 2020
A gene mutation discovered in a small Amish community in Indiana has inspired the use of a new experimental drug for COVID-19 that reduces blood clotting, which is a primary driver of morbidity and organ damage in COVID.
Health care workers’ COVID infections driven mainly by community exposure
December 8, 2020
In a well-resourced health system with adequate PPE (Personal Protection Equipment), health care worker risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection was more strongly driven by community exposure than patient exposure early in the pandemic, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Vaccine playbook: what to expect and when
December 8, 2020
As the CDC begins to schedule the vaccine rollout, what can the public expect from a vaccination? Will we still have to be cautious about social contact and wear masks? How long before immunity kicks in? When will life return to normal? Northwestern Medicine infectious disease and critical care experts offer a vaccine playbook below.
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Three professors named to National Academy of Inventors
December 8, 2020
Northwestern University professors Daniel Brown, Michael Jewett and Thomas O’Halloran have been named 2020 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Northwestern and Maxim Integrated partner on next-generation medical sensors
December 7, 2020
A world leader in integrated circuits, Maxim Integrated has pledged a gift of $750,000 over 10 years to Northwestern's efforts to develop wireless, bio-integrated medical sensors.