Award-Winning Health Journalism

Where Have the Primary Care Doctors Gone?

Despite a record number of new doctors, primary care providers remain difficult to find Fact checked by Catherine Gianaro U.S. medical school enrollment hit an all-time high in 2025, topping 100,000 students for the first time, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Yet difficulty securing appointments with primary care providers persists. The percentage […]

Changing Guidelines

New federal nutrition guidelines spark confusion, concern for Chicagoland schools The new federal dietary guidelines, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled earlier this year, flip the 1992 food pyramid upside down — literally. Meat, whole milk, and “real food” steal the spotlight on the new pyramid, but the shift is raising concerns among […]