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Measles Q&A with Northwestern University pediatric infectious disease professor Dr. Ravi Jhaveri.
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Hundreds of thousands of Americans with glaucoma are not receiving the care they need — and a new Northwestern University study suggests that race, income and where patients live play a major role in that gap.

Former Northwestern Baseball letterwinner Dennis LaPidus ’64 has made a major gift to establish the Sidney and Mildred LaPidus Head Baseball Coach position at the University, in memory of his parents. LaPidus was a pitcher for the team.

The excitement of Match Day for graduating medical students from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine begins at 10:15 a.m. (CT) on Friday, March 21. At this annual event, Northwestern students receive the envelopes that reveal where they will train as residents for the next three to seven years.
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Starting a decade ago, astronomers have detected a pulse of radio emission every two hours, coming from the direction of the Big Dipper. After combining observations from multiple telescopes, the team can now reveal the culprit: a binary system with a dead star.

Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down plastic waste.

Struggling to afford food today could mean heart problems tomorrow. Young adults experiencing food insecurity have a 41% greater risk of developing heart disease in midlife, even after accounting for demographic and socioeconomic factors, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Food insecurity — struggling to get enough nutritious food to stay healthy — affects one in eight households in the U.S. each year.

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds between those chains to increase. Both factors increase the silk fibers’ overall strength and toughness. Insights could be applied to designing stronger, tougher synthetic materials.

Northwestern University infectious disease expert Dr. Tina Tan said it’s likely the measles outbreak in West Texas and on the border of New Mexico will continue to spread due to a large unvaccinated population that is highly susceptible to “one of the most contagious viruses.”
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A new Northwestern Medicine study in mice, published today in Science Advances, suggests that muscle injuries heal faster when they occur during the body’s natural waking hours.