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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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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.

Burrell is serving a life sentence for the 2002 death of Minneapolis 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards

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.

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.

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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Northwestern University professors Daniel Brown, Michael Jewett and Thomas O’Halloran have been named 2020 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

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.

With one major holiday down and more to come, Northwestern Medicine expert Dr. John Coleman says celebrate safely at home and don't inundate our already taxed health care systems with COVID cases.
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Using cesium lead bromide in the form of perovskite crystals, the research team found they were able to create highly efficient gamma ray detectors in both small, portable devices for field researchers and very large detectors.