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A new Northwestern Medicine collection of mobile apps called IntelliCare -- free for downloading in the Apple and Android stores – significantly reduces anxiety and depression, reports a new study to be published May 20 in JAMA Psychiatry.

The placentas from 16 women who tested positive for COVID-19 while pregnant showed evidence of injury, according to pathological exams completed directly following birth, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Clearway Energy Group and Northwestern University announced today that Northwestern has signed up for 11.9 megawatts (MW) of Clearway’s community solar projects in Illinois, the equivalent of taking 2,934 cars off the road each year.

Engineers have retrofitted a common commercial emergency ventilator into a device that can reach higher pressures and give physicians finer control when treating COVID-19 patients

Wanxiang America, led by Northwestern University trustee Pin Ni, donated 250,000 face masks and 30,000 face shields to the city of Chicago this month.

Food insecurity remains at persistently high levels in May, researchers find
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Outlines of Ahmaud Arbery case ‘eerily similar’ to infamous Trayvon Martin case, professor says
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Craig Garthwaite will explore drug pricing strategy for COVID-19 treatments and the business of health care in a webinar titled “Pharma and the Pandemic – Lessons for the Future.”
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Renowned graphene expert has received funding to develop a new elastic material that could enable N95 medical face masks to be disinfected and reused dozens of times.

Patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Chicago were more likely to need a mechanical ventilator if they were older than 65 years old, male, had a history of diabetes or felt short of breath.