Measles 101

Young girl with brown hair and a pink bow gets vaccinated in a patient room. She is wearing a white tshirt and watching the practitioner give the shot.

As measles cases in Chicago remain low and vaccinations increase, here’s what to know about the latest outbreak While her sons played one Sunday evening in early March, Yulia* tried to locate a suitcase. The family was staying at the Pilsen migrant shelter, but they had plans to move north, to reunite with Yulia’s husband, […]

Infectious Disease Hero: Emily Landon, MD

Emily-Landon, MD executive medical director of infection prevention and control

UChicago Medicine  Emily Landon, MD, executive medical director of infection prevention and control at UChicago Medicine, started out as a voice major at Augustana College in Rock Island until she realized that practicing music alone in a studio wasn’t how she wanted to spend her life. “I decided in college that I didn’t want to be a […]