Public Health in the News (5/27/18 – 6/2/18)

By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor

National

• The American Cancer Society now recommends colorectal cancer screening starting at age 45, rather than age 50.
• President Trump signed a bill that allows terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs that the FDA has not approved yet.
• A total of five people have died from the E. coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce.

Northwestern

• Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered the cell type that causes early lung transplant failure.
• Northwestern scientists have discovered new mechanisms by which nicotine manipulates the brain’s reward pathways.