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President Trump's proposed budget cut would would slash safety net programs and eliminate federal funding for arts and culture.
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The majority of teenage boys most at risk for developing HIV are not being tested, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. This feeds the growing epidemic of undiagnosed HIV infections in the United States.

Researchers have developed a new magnetic memory device that could potentially support the surge of data-centric computing, which requires ever-increasing power, storage and speed.

HIV affects black men who have sex with men, which includes gay and bisexual men, more than any other population in the United States. The majority of new diagnoses are among black men ages 13 to 34.
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Two Northwestern University computer scientists who develop smartphone apps are available to speak with media on the technology debacle at Monday’s Iowa caucus.
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Paternal involvement can have positive health impacts for a mother and her baby, according to a new study byNorthwestern Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Dr. Jyoti Patel, the medical director of thoracic oncology for Northwestern Medicine, says patients with advanced-stage lung cancer can be treated with new therapies and still live productive lives.
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Jennifer Lackey, Stephen Tarzia and Sarah Van Wart will create courses to investigate mass incarceration in the U.S. as well as to incorporate ethics into the study of computer science.

A new study of Medicaid insurance claims found 17% of antibiotics were prescribed at an office visit during which no infection-related diagnosis was made, and 28% of antibiotic prescriptions were not associated with an office visit at all.

“Images of My Experience,” a display of Fraga’s work, will be exhibited Feb. 13 through March 18 at Northwestern University’s Dittmar Memorial Gallery, located inside Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive on the Evanston campus.