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Metformin, a common, safe and inexpensive drug for type 2 diabetes, lowers the odds of emergency department visits, hospitalizations or death due to COVID-19 by over 40%; and over 50% if prescribed early in onset of symptoms, according to a new multi-site clinical trial led by the University of Minnesota Medical School and School of Public Health. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine was one site in the trial.

New process beheads PFAS, causing it to fall apart into benign end products.

Test-to-stay programs in pre-K-8 schools minimize new COVID-19 infections and can help reduce the need for prolonged quarantines for exposed individuals, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

A first-of-its-kind trial, funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a part of the National Institutes of Health, will test whether a telehealth-based intervention that addresses all three behavioral risk factors—smoking, overeating and lack of physical activity—at once can modify cancer patients’ lifestyles to improve their outcomes.

While researchers predict that climate change will have an adverse effect on most staple crops, including rice, corn and soybeans, a new Northwestern University study finds that breadfruit — a starchy tree fruit native to the Pacific islands — will be relatively unaffected.

Northwestern University neurobiologists have found that fruit flies are pre-programmed to take a nap in the middle of the day. A follow-up to their 2020 Current Biology paper that identified a brain thermometer only active in cold weather, the new paper explores a similar “thermometer” circuit for hot temperatures.

Toyota Research Institute and Northwestern University collaborate to help accelerate the discovery and development of new materials with the world’s first AI-powered nanomaterial “data factory.”

Between the recently relaxed COVID-19 guidelines, reports of increasing cases of monkeypox and polio being found in New York City wastewater, students heading back to school and their parents might have questions about their risk levels and what precautionary measures to take.
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Eight Northwestern University debuts are in store for the 2022-23 season as the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music resumes its four guest artist subscription series showcasing a diverse lineup of talent from around the world.

On Aug. 21, a NASA-funded team will launch its “Micro-X” rocket from White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. The rocket will spend 15 minutes in space — just enough time to snap a quick image of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, a star in the Cassiopeia constellation that exploded approximately 11,000 light-years away from Earth.