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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


Here’s what you need to know about booking a vaccine appointment

April 19, 2021

The Daily Northwestern hosted a virtual conversation about booking vaccine appointments on Thursday. The forum featured ILVaccine.org creator Eli Coustan, vaccine booker Rachel Woodrick and Northwestern...

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Evanston pauses J&J vaccine as federal agencies review rare cases of blood-clotting nationwide

April 13, 2021

Evanston’s Health & Human Services Department is temporarily discontinuing the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine until further notice per federal and state recommendation,...

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Northwestern’s acceptance rate falls to 6.8 percent, lowest in University history

April 8, 2021

Northwestern accepted 6.8 percent of the 47,633 first-year applications received for the Class of 2025, according to University spokesperson Jon Yates.   This year’s acceptance rate is a steep decrease...

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Northwestern Medicine researchers develop protein to incapacitate COVID-causing virus

March 30, 2021

Northwestern Medicine scientists developed a decoy protein that incapacitates SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a University release. The protein, a variant of an enzyme called...

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NU students now eligible for compensated Moderna vaccine trial

March 29, 2021

Northwestern students are now eligible to enroll in PreventCOVIDU, a project within a clinical vaccine trials network launched by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. NU is among...

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