Healing Highland Park

Marcy Kamen, MD, pictured center, with her family before the 4th of July 2022 parade

18 months after a mass shooting at a 4th of July parade, a community continues to mend More than a year after the 4th of July parade shooting in Highland Park, where seven people lost their lives and 48 others were wounded, Marcy Kamen, MD, family practice physician at NorthShore Medical Group, is helping people […]

I Took My Daughter to an Amusement Park. Then a Shooting Happened

Cathy Cassata, with shoulder-length brown hair, sits on a park bench in the summer wearing a navy blue t-shirt and jeans, looking at the camera.

This story originally ran on Healthline in September. Cathy Cassata is a writer for Chicago Health and Healthline. Going to Six Flags Great America amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, has been a part of my life since I was a kid. My sister and I had season passes throughout our teen years in the ’90s and now […]