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Where Have the Primary Care Doctors Gone?
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A nurse vaccinates a baby, sitting on mom's lap, against hepatitis B.
Hepatitis B Vaccine
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Healthcare workers and disability rights advocates march outside of Trump Tower in Chicago.
Funding Cuts Outrage
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Researchers in a laboratory study samples through a microscope.
Life After the Cut
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Paramedics load a patient into an ambulance parked on the side of the road.
Dillon's Law
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Close up of a vaccine needle with a doctor holding it and blurred in the background. The doctor is wearing a white coat and stethescope
Physicians React to Robert F. Kennedy Nomination
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MMHT-volunteers-protest
Crisis Response
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Hispanic daughter and mother carry pumpkins in a pumpkin patch
Cultural Cancer Care
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Two healthcare providers in blue scrubs operate on a patient in the OR.
Beyond Bullets
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Road map highlighting the state of Illinois
A Midwestern Island for Abortion Access
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Woman searching google for medical advice
Searching for Dr. Google
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Hispanic Paradox, Chicago Health Magazine Online
The Cheerful Lexicon of the Spanish Language May Help Solve a Health Mystery Called the Hispanic Paradox
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Tristan Connor and gender-affirming surgery
Gender-Affirming Surgery
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vaccine inequity
Chicago’s Mass Vaccination Sites Are ‘Not Enough’ for Vaccine Equity
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Koruba (left) tests an unsheltered person for Covid-19. He estimates he has administered over 20 tests to Chicago’s homeless, all negative. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane
Reaching Chicago's Unsheltered Homeless Population During Pandemic
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Homeless and Covid-19, Chicago Health Magazine Online
Homeless Shelters Grapple With Covid Safety as Cold Creeps In
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Illustration of two advocate communicating with speech bubbles cracking. Need for patient advocates.
Advocating for Better Care
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Therapy canine
Paging Dr. Canine
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At Northwestern Medicine, Anne Seltzer, social worker with the division of geriatrics, and geriatrician Sara Bradley, MD, work with patient Kareemeh Simon and her daughter, Mary.
Seniors in the Center
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patient advocacy
Getting By: Private Patient Advocates Help Navigate Care
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Hospital hallway
Find hospitals that score high before you check in
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Prescription bottles filled with pills
Fight back when drugs are denied
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Center for Cancer groundbreaking
Presence Health Breaks Ground on New Cancer Center
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Telemedicine
On-Screen Doctors
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Finding Support: Advocates assist patients with red tape | Chicago Health
Finding Support
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colored pills in the shape of a question mark
Health Literacy
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Not Quite the End of the Road
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Choosing a Healthcare Plan
Access to Care
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