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Birth control pill in front of a Chicago skyline illustration symbolizing invention in Chicago
Chicago and The Pill
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Daniel Hale Williams, MD
The First Black-Owned Hospital in the United States
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Illustration of confusion and questioning of vaccine.
The Vaccine Controversy
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Illustration of troubled man with an empty buggy bank without money. Sickle cell disease new gene therapy treatment and lack of affordability concept.
Promise Out of Reach
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Illustration of doctor examining a heart. Reference to Chicago's rich history of cardiology pioneers
As the Heart Beats
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Illustration of women in medicine, of a diverse background with stethoscopes around their necks.
Women Rising
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Protesters march for medicare for all. Courtesy of Physicians for a National Health Program
Do No Harm
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MMHT-volunteers-protest
Crisis Response
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Top 10 Concept Letterpress Type
Our Top 10 Stories of 2023
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Pulmonary critical care doctor, Justin Fiala, MD, stands among brightly colored paintings in his studio
Painting a Pandemic
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Trees
Oh, Naturale!
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Processing mass shooting grief
Why We Forget Mass Shootings
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Marcy Kamen, MD, pictured center, with her family before the 4th of July 2022 parade
Healing Highland Park
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Javiar Erazo, District Manager at Groot
Recycling is Complicated and Controversial…
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), where water treatment takes place for Cook County, Illinois
Rising Concerns
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Montage of Chicago Health and Caregiving Staff receiving awards at the 2023 National Federation of Press Women conference in Cleveland, Ohio
Announcing Our 2023 Award-Winning Stories from Chicago Health and Caregiving
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Diagnosis Unknown, Looking through the microscope of Ponni Arunkumar, MD. Photo by Jim Vondruska
Diagnosis Unknown
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books
Explore the Mysteries of Medicine in These Acclaimed Books
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Sources: Kaiser Family Foundation, National Survey of Children’s Healths, Commonwealth Fund, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Who Gets Diagnosed in Illinois?
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Diseases in children can be tough to diagnose for many reasons
Too Soon
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