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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

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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Studies show COVID-19 vaccine has no effect on fertility, though fertility remains a concern among vaccine-hesitant

May 11, 2021

Clinical studies have not found the COVID-19 vaccine to affect fertility or the health of the newborns, according to a University release. With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent authorization...

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...

Robert Murphy, director at Feinberg’s Institute for Global Health, and Karla Satchell, professor of Microbiology-Immunology at Northwestern. The teach-in on the new coronavirus outbreak discusses the ongoing development of COVID-19, along with the racist undertone associated with the disease’s public discourse.

Chinatown Health Initiative discusses racist discourse on coronavirus

February 27, 2020

When Weinberg senior Yichun Chen found articles and video footage of Chinese people combating COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, she said she felt “really heavy.” Families were separated during Lunar...

Airline passengers wearing face masks as a precaution to the outbreak of the coronavirus at the airport in Cengkareng, Indonesia, on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Here in Chicago, though, experts generally agree that residents should be more concerned about catching the flu.

Coronavirus not a risk to Evanston, experts say

February 5, 2020

COVID-19 News Even though the novel coronavirus has crept into five states — including Illinois — members of the Evanston community remain unfazed. Weeks ago, the coronavirus, a disease also...

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