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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


A beige sign outside of a gray University building with the words “Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.” There are trees and shrubbery between the sign and the building.

NU researchers develop a wireless fetal-monitoring sensor

May 10, 2021

Researchers from Northwestern and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed a wireless fetal-monitoring device for pregnant people.   The wearable sensors equipped with a small rechargeable...

A beige sign outside of a gray University building with the words “Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.” There are trees and shrubbery between the sign and the building.

Northwestern Medicine study finds over 25 percent increase in opioid overdoses in Cook County

April 26, 2021

Cook County saw a 25.6 percent increase in opioid overdoses during Illinois’ first stay-at-home order in 2020, a Northwestern Medicine study published Friday found.  The report in JAMA Network, a...

Northwestern Medicine announced Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine registration Dec. 15. Feinberg physicians and students were among the first to receive it.

Feinberg physicians and students get COVID-19 vaccine, stress continued vigilance

January 14, 2021

Northwestern Medicine has been distributing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to affiliates since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration first issued its emergency use authorization on Dec. 11, 2020....

Coco Cabrel (Feinberg ’85, ’89) is a doctor, Reiki master and flamenco choreographer. She started offering guided meditation and dance classes to students at the start of quarantine.

NU alumna Dr. Coco Cabrel teaches dance and meditation to boost mental health amid pandemic

November 8, 2020

Reiki energy healing master and flamenco dance choreographer Coco Cabrel (Feinberg ’85, ’89) is offering guided meditation and dance classes to help students minimize stress during quarantine. MeditationTales...

Feinberg students organize to collect personal protective equipment

April 8, 2020

Learn how Feinberg first-year Tricia Rae Pendergrast and her peers at Chicago medical schools are contributing personal protective equipment in the city’s battle against COVID-19. Closed captions available. Email:...

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