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The Johnny Mercer Foundation’s (JMF) Songwriters Project will once again convene in-person June 18 to 24 at Northwestern University, continuing an 18-year partnership with the American Music Theatre Project.

Imagine surviving cancer only to learn the drug that saved your life has introduced a completely different health risk: heart failure.

The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna continue to save lives. But a new paper published May 11, 2023 in the journal Vaccines provides evidence that the two vaccines are not equivalent when it comes to protecting older adults against death. For people ages 60+ who received only the initial two doses, and no booster dose, the risk of death from COVID for Pfizer vaccinees was roughly 2.5 times higher than the risk for Moderna vaccinees.

Amid a potential resurgence of mpox (formerly monkeypox) in Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine infectious disease experts say now is the right time to encourage Chicagoans to take precautions.
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Northwestern University engineers have developed a new sponge that can remove metals — including toxic heavy metals like lead and critical metals like cobalt — from contaminated water, leaving safe, drinkable water behind.

New research from Northwestern University has shown that educating couples, rather than individuals, may be a highly effective strategy to end the HIV epidemic.

More than two-dozen scientists, including Northwestern University’s Erica Hartmann, have issued a warning about the overuse of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs), many of which are linked to health problems, antimicrobial resistance and environmental harm.

On May 1, Jordan Neely was killed by a fellow passenger on the subway in New York City. Professor Jamelia Morgan, the director of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law, is available for comment. She is an expert on issues at the intersection of race, disability and criminal law and punishment in the United States.
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Social scientists at Northwestern University comment on Russia’s stepped-up drone attacks on Ukraine ahead of Victory Day, the May 9 holiday commemorating the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany. Russia’s attacks followed alleged Ukrainian drone strike attempts near Putin’s Moscow residence last week.
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Newton N. Minow, BS ’49, JD ’50, ’65 H Northwestern University alumnus, life trustee and Walter Annenberg Professor Emeritus at Northwestern, died Saturday, May 6, 2023, in his Chicago home. He was 97.