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New legislation addresses long-standing Black maternal …

WebBy Shivani Majmudar Medill Reports Amid a global pandemic and a year of social unrest, a long-standing public health crisis was highlighted: racial disparities in …

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MATTER officially opens, boosting healthcare innovation

WebGovernor Bruce Rauner, Senator Dick Durbin and Mayor Rahm Emanuel marked the official opening of MATTER, Chicago’s new entrepreneurship and innovation …

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Large-scale equity solutions needed to eliminate root …

Web By Liam Bohen-Meissner Housing alone is not a solution for eliminating homelessness, emphasized participants in a panel on “Homelessness in America: The …

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On a scale of 1 to 10, how helpful are self-monitoring …

Web“What self-monitoring really is, in the end, is the ability for us to think about our mental health and where we are in a moment,” said Lisa Razzano, an associate professor of …

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Transportation is main source of air pollution affecting …

WebBy Diana Giambona Medill Reports Children play on the swings, go down the slides, spin on the small merry-go-rounds and play ball at Harrison Park in Pilsen. It …

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Amanda Woerner says Women’s Health website filled a …

WebBy Erin Warwood Medill Reports How long will the COVID-19 pandemic last? What’s it like to fall ill with the virus? And why is it called “coronavirus”? Amanda …

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Plastic panic in the pandemic: How single-use items …

WebBy Zack Fishman Medill Reports When a COVID-19 patient is hospitalized at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., they receive a lot of …

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Police or no police: Will Chicago’s new mental health …

WebBy Emmanuel Kizito Medill Reports “Suicide by Cop” refers to situations where a person calls an officer or takes an action with the expectation that the officer will kill them. …

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5G rollout brings to life the smart hospital

WebJanuary 30, 2019. By Xieyang Jessica Qiao. Medill Reports. Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center partnered with AT&T to deploy a fifth-generation cellular network in …

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Respect brings home care to the 21st century

WebThe median monthly cost for home care services amounts to $4,385 in the Chicago area, compared with a national median of $3,813, according to a report by …

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WATCH: Pilsen activist uses fitness, political education to combat …

WebBy Chantel Ropp Medill Reports. According to an analysis of the largest 500 U.S. cities by NYU School of Medicine, Chicago is the city with the largest life …

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Mayor Lightfoot is trying to rejuvenate Chicago’s mental health …

WebBy Maura Turcotte Medill Reports It began with a 15-year-old boy shooting a 7-year-old girl on Halloween. Then, over the course of a month, seven more residents of Chicago’s …

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Art therapy adapting to COVID-19 and helping those in need

WebArt therapy is an approach in psychotherapy that uses art to help people express their thoughts and feelings, a mission that has become only more important …

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Professionals work to break mental health stigma in sports

WebBy Zoe Collins Rath. Medill Reports. Social workers and therapists like Stephanie Adams and Natalie Graves work to break the stigma of depression and mental …

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Failing healthcare on the island of Vieques

WebMedill Reports. Thousands of concrete blocks are lined up, side by side, on the edges of Luis Muñoz Rivera Plaza in Vieques, a tiny island in Puerto Rico. Some of …

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Green chemistry: preventive healthcare for the environment

WebThe fifth principle of green chemistry calls for safer solvents because, more often than not, they contribute to the overall toxicity of a final product or byproduct. …

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“Trauma on trauma”: A pandemic and back-to-back natural …

WebBy Shreya Bansal Medill Reports Starting in late December, a series of earthquakes devastated southern Puerto Rico, forcing thousands to take shelter on the …

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Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods have struggled against big

WebBy Natalie Eilbert Medill Reports Lead and other heavy metals have laced everyday life in Pilsen and Little Village since the Industrial Revolution. Whether detected …

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Is it time for portfolio managers to hedge

WebBy Lucy Ren Shirley Luo, 29 years old, has been with Goldman Sachs since 2007. A vice president in the distressed-debt trading group, Luo recently quit the prestigious company …

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Illinois hit hard amid nationwide e-cigarette and vaping lung …

WebBy Shirin Ali Medill Reports Some 2,602 hospitalizations and 57 deaths nationwide are now associated with e-cigarettes and vaping since the outbreak began in …

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Carolina Herrera goes monochromatic in fall/winter fashion week …

WebBy Alexandra Whittaker When most major fashion designers create their looks for New York Fashion Week, they have a specific idea or theme in mind. But this year, design …

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