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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 and Minute Molecular collaborate on potential PCR test for monkeypox

September 29, 2022

Northwestern spinoff company Minute Molecular Diagnostics is collaborating with the University to develop a monkeypox PCR test.  The test could provide positive or negative monkeypox results in about...

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Northwestern releases monkeypox preparation and prevention guidance

August 9, 2022

Students living in on-campus housing will be required to isolate themselves off campus if they contract monkeypox, the University announced Tuesday.  Based on current public health information, the...

The illustration represents a classroom in which four students (represented by circles) are wearing a mask and six are not. Above the students are drawings of three blue masks. The masks appear from left to right, and each mask appears more faded than the last.

Faculty members, teacher’s assistants express concerns about lifted mask mandate in classrooms

March 30, 2022

On Tuesday, students and faculty were able to walk into in-person classes maskless for the first time in more than two years — but some faculty members and teacher’s assistants are concerned the new...

A hand is holding a vaccine needle amid a blue background with floating yellow plus signs.

City COVID-19 positivity rate reaches below 1%, free KN95 distribution to take place next week

February 18, 2022

The city’s COVID-19 positivity rate dropped below 1% this week as the number of positive cases also fell.  The seven-day moving average positivity rate saw a more rapid decline this week, reaching...

Three types of masks in front of a black box of COVID-19 tests and a bottle of green hand sanitizer.

COVID-19 case numbers continue to rapidly decline, Cook County Health offers $100 incentive for vaccinations

February 10, 2022

Confirmed COVID-19 case numbers in Evanston have continued to decline with the city reporting a 35% reduction in positive cases from last week. The city reported 184 new positive cases in the last seven...

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