January 22, 2021 05:15 AM How Northwestern wants to treat COVID long-haulers • Biden lays out pandemic plan • Providers push back against Illinois personal injury bill Crain's Health Pulse is your source for actionable, exclusive and inside news on the health care industry. A man pushes a wheelchair towards Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. NORTHWESTERN OPENS NEW CENTER FOR LONG-HAULERS: Northwestern’s Comprehensive COVID-19 Center aims to treat the so-called COVID long-haulers suffering from a range of lingering issues. The new center, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Streeterville, will be rolled out to the broader health system in the near future. “We’re just at the beginning of this journey,” said Dr. Charles Davidson, vice chair for clinical affairs at Northwestern’s Department of Medicine. “We developed a research arm of the center to better understand what this disease is, how best to treat it and diagnose it, and also to help educate the medical community about all the different long-term manifestations for this illness.”