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Frank Galati, Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning writer, director, actor and emeritus professor in the department of performance studies in the School of Communication, died Jan. 2. He was 79 years old.

Northwestern Medicine experts in sports cardiology, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiac electrophysiology and emergency medicine are available to speak to the media about NFL player Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during Monday night’s football game.
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As the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol approaches, House Republicans’ inability to quickly coalesce on a leadership choice underscores the renewed boldness of hard-right members of the party. Northwestern faculty from the Pritzker School of Law and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences are available to share their expertise on the fallout from Jan. 6 and developing news around the Speaker of the House role and federal charge referrals.
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An interdisciplinary team of Northwestern University researchers has mapped ions within human teeth and found significant structural differences between samples that may enhance understanding of enamel’s life cycle and impact on human health. 

The new report provides a snapshot of the state of the pandemic at the end of 2022, including case rates, vaccine and booster shot uptake, antiviral treatment usage, mask wearing habits and flu shot rates. It sheds light on the state of vaccinations and ongoing health risks at a time when the nation is experiencing a “tripledemic” with flu, COVID-19 and the respiratory illness RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) circulating among Americans.

Northwestern University’s Roozbeh Ghaffari and Daniel Martin Watterson have been named 2022 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

Whether it’s because of the cold weather, holiday and family stress, lack of routine or all of the above, heart attack and stroke rates spike during the last two weeks of December, said Northwestern Medicine cardiologist Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones.
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A parent survey from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago found intergenerational trends in swimming skills, with stark racial and ethnic differences.

In a new study, researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze data from a wide variety of tissues, collected from humans, mice, rats and killifish. They discovered that the length of genes can explain most molecular-level changes that occur during aging.

Recent drug shortages of amoxicillin, Tamiflu and now infant and Children’s Tylenol have caused concern among parents and pediatricians, but Northwestern Medicine pharmacist Dr. Sterling Elliott said “we’ve been seeing and consciously managing drug shortages across the board in excess of five years now.”
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