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Where To Get COVID-19 Vaccine In Chicago …

WebRobbins: Robbins Health Center (13450 S. Kedzie Ave., Robbins) These six state-run mass vaccination sites, located in Cook County, are currently open to any eligible Illinois …

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Migrants’ health care needs being addressed by Cook …

WebGael, a refugee from Venezuela, gets a checkup at Cook County Health’s Northwest Side clinic in Chicago on May 23, 2023. The boy traveled with his mother, Emili, as refugees.

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Mental health is a top priority in 2024 in Chicago WBEZ …

WebMental health is a top priority in 2024, Chicago’s new public health chief says. Opioid deaths, HIV and infectious diseases, the racial life expectancy gap and inequality also …

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Workers Combat COVID-19 Myths In Latino Communities …

WebMargarita Sanchez, a promotora de salud — community health worker — with Centro San Bonifacia, conducts a survey about COVID-19 and helps answer questions for people on …

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Pregnant migrants in Chicago lack adequate prenatal care …

WebThe view inside a Cook County Health Northwest Side clinic in May 2023. Each night, the city gives Cook County Health a list of migrants to see in its clinic and that list includes …

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Doctor Reflects On One Year Of COVID-19 In Illinois

WebOn Jan. 24, 2020, public health officials announced Illinois’ first known case of COVID-19. Just 12 months later, the virus has devastated the state, infecting more than 1.1 million …

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Illinois lawmakers propose expanding Medicaid WBEZ …

WebCommunity organizers, health care advocates and lawmakers championed a proposed bill on Feb. 28, 2022, that would expand Medicaid health insurance coverage to thousands …

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What’s That Building

WebA view from the corner of 47th Street and California Avenue. Jason Marck / WBEZ. The building is a health care facility built by the nonprofit Esperanza Health Centers in …

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Kristen Schorsch WBEZ Chicago

WebKristen Schorsch is a reporter on WBEZ’s government and politics team, where she covers Cook County and public health. Previously, she covered health care, government, …

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Why Healthcare Workers Are Losing Jobs During COVID …

WebRegistered nurse Patrick LaFontaine stands beneath a tent-like shelter after administering a COVID-19 test to a pre-screened pediatric patient outside a Children's Health PM Urgent …

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Hospitals On Chicago’s South And West Sides Face Dire Strain

WebA new study commissioned by the Health Care Council of Chicago estimates that by 2024, a dozen of these hospitals could lose at least $1.8 billion combined. And that doesn’t …

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Where do our beliefs about health come from

WebDr. Michelle Lelwica is the author of several books including, Shameful Bodies: Religion and the Culture of Physical Improvement and Religion of Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual …

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Wexford Health Sources has history of neglect in Illinois prisons

WebThe winner of a $4 billion Illinois contract has a history of preventable deaths in state prisons. An attorney says the agreement with Wexford Health Sources “means some …

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More pregnant Illinoisans are dying — and it’s mostly preventable

WebThe study provides a deeper look into what happened to 263 people who died while pregnant or within a year of giving birth from 2018 to 2020. Among key findings: * 91% of …

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Dunning Asylum, A ‘Tomb For The Living’ WBEZ Chicago

WebIn an 1889 court case, Cook County Judge Richard Prendergast described Dunning as “a tomb for the living.”. He criticized the asylum for squeezing 1,000 patients into a space …

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How Illinois’ sexual assault survivor law allows hospitals to deny …

WebThe girl, now 6 years old, hugs her mother as her grandmother rests her hands on her shoulders. Julia Rendleman for The 19th. An investigation by APM Reports shows that w …

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Assessment: Chicago’s mental health care model has too many …

WebChicago’s model for providing mental health care is riddled with access barriers, particularly for undocumented and uninsured residents, a new assessment by advocates who want …

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How the gut microbiome shapes emotions, food cravings WBEZ …

WebSome bacteria in the gut synthesize neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine and GABA, and that synthesis shapes our moods and emotions. A 2018 study suggests the …

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Illinois expands costly weight-loss drug coverage WBEZ Chicago

WebA dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, on March 1, 2024, in Front Royal, Va. Illinois is expanding access to the high-priced weight-loss drugs for state workers, but …

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