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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Many of Northwestern Medicines healthcare workers — technicians, nurse practitioners, physicians — have seen their personal and work lives upended by the pandemic in different ways.

Northwestern doctors upend family life to fight at frontlines, NM builds capacity for peak

April 17, 2020

After a shift in the emergency room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, resident Vidya Eswaran makes sure that someone else watches her while she removes her protective equipment. That’s the time when...

Brainstorm: What Past Pandemics Can Teach Us

Brainstorm: What Past Pandemics Can Teach Us

April 17, 2020

This isn’t the first time the world has survived a pandemic, and it is possible history will repeat itself. What can the 1918 influenza and HIV/AIDS epidemic tell us about what lies ahead? Listen as...

Podculture: Turning the Page: a new chapter in Evanston’s literary community

Podculture: Turning the Page: a new chapter in Evanston’s literary community

April 17, 2020

As a stay-at-home order has been issued in the state of Illinois, booksellers have had to find ways to adapt to help promote social distancing. Independent bookstore Bookends & Beginnings started a...

The mammoth coronavirus relief package enacted late last month will cost less than most lawmakers anticipated, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Political science Prof. Stephen Nelson said the size of the supply and demand shocks caused by the coronavirus pandemic “rivals, if not exceeds” those of the early 1930s that led to the Great Depression.

How has COVID-19 impacted the economy? NU Prof. Stephen Nelson discusses

April 17, 2020

In Northwestern College Democrats’ first virtual event of the quarter, political science Prof. Stephen Nelson discussed the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and how the U.S. government has responded...

Amid COVID-19, local organizations are working to prevent an undercount, especially within ‘hard-to-reach’ communities.

Hard to Count: The fight to prevent a 2020 undercount amid COVID-19

April 16, 2020

Once a decade, the U.S. government attempts to count all Americans — but not every American is easy to reach, and an undercount can have enduring consequences for those the government misses. The...

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