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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo reportedly announced Monday that he would recommend against vaccinating healthy children with the COVID-19 vaccine. Northwestern University experts call the move “disappointing but unsurprising.”

Northwestern University announced today it will name its new multimillion-dollar technology accelerator the Querrey InQbation Lab in honor of Kimberly K. Querrey.

Researchers at Northwestern University have used a novel method of arranging molecules to create a material that performs even better than the mussel glue they were trying to mimic.

Political science, history and law school faculty from Northwestern University discuss how President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine flouts the rules of international law, and what avenues are available in meting out consequences and de-escalating the war.
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V.S. Subrahmanian, a global cybersecurity expert, said that the Russians have so far shown more restraint than expected in cyber space, but that doesn’t rule out the fact that they have a lot more heavy hitting to bring to the table down the road.
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Phillip Braun, professor of finance at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, is available to speak with media and explain the trajectory of oil prices in the United States and beyond.
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As the Supreme Court teeters on the brink of a major decision-point for carbon emissions in the U.S., law professors caution that the Court is further politicizing itself by taking up the case against the EPA.
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Gov. Abbott’s order to investigate gender-affirming care as a form of child abuse goes against guidance from all relevant medical organizations and will cause serious damage, say Northwestern experts.
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Multiple tissues of the male genital tract can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, reports a new study. The study, in SARS-CoV-2 infected animals, revealed the prostate, vasculature of testicles, penis and testicles were all infected with the virus.

A mysterious X-ray source accompanied a neutron star merger. Astrophysicists believe the X-ray emission was caused by a kilonova afterglow, which has never before been observed.