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What does food insecurity mean? Food desert? Here's a quick reference.
about 2 months ago
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For Ariella Wilson, a dietitian nutritionist in Chicago, the gut microbiome is an inner universe. Instead of stars and planets, it contains trillions of bacteria, fungi, and microbes that help digest food, fight illness, and regulate mood.
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Nutrition at a Glance
What you eat plays a big role in everything from energy and metabolism to mood, sleep, and fertility. Diet, sleep, and exercise constantly shape our microbiome.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/nutrition-at-a-glance/
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
For people in need of food help this month,
@chicagohealth.bsky.social
put together a list of local mutual aid groups, food pantries, and restaurants offering free/discounted meals:
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"It's Been Really Stressful" - Chicago Health
With SNAP funding in jeopardy, Greater Chicago Food Depository sounds alarm on food access.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/its-been-really-stressful-snap-benefits-chicago/
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“We took care of our patients so well. It’s not our fault.”
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5 months ago
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How the Dietary Guidelines for America come to be and how they stand to impact Americans’ health:
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Healthy Plates - Chicago Health
How the Dietary Guidelines for America come to be and how they stand to impact Americans’ health.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/healthy-plates-dietary-guidelines-for-america/
5 months ago
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The controversy brewing behind RFK Jr.’s national autism registry and data initiative:
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Privacy vs. Public Health - Chicago Health
The controversy brewing behind RFK Jr.’s national autism registry and data initiative.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/rfk-jr-autism-registry/
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Medicaid covers 83 million people, including +60% of nursing home residents, 20% of assisted living facility residents, and half of long-term care residents. Yet many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by so many nicknames - via
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Medicaid's Many Names - Chicago Health
Many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by different names in different states. Here's the name for Medicaid in each state.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/medicaid-many-names/
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Many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by different names in different states.
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Medicaid's Many Names - Chicago Health
Many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by different names in different states. Here's the name for Medicaid in each state.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/medicaid-many-names/
5 months ago
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“I work almost 60 hours a week, and I still can’t afford to put food on the table. The myth that you have to work really hard in order to make a living is just not true.” Healthcare workers gather near Trump Tower to protest the largest Medicaid cuts in history under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Funding Cuts Outrage - Chicago Health
SEIU healthcare and home care workers protest Big Beautiful Bill Act's cuts to Medicaid: ‘It’s not a luxury; it’s a necessity’
https://chicagohealthonline.com/funding-cuts-outrage-seiu-big-beautiful-bill/?mc_cid=8960861e46&mc_eid=2d0bf8a8ef
5 months ago
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University of Chicago professor shares realities of the “Big Beautiful Bill” healthcare impacts on Medicaid and the ACA:
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Q&A: Federal Cuts to Medicaid, ACA - Chicago Health
With Congress' vote to cut funding for Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps (SNAP), and the ACA, millions of Americans — particularly low-income families and children — may see critical support scaled back...
https://chicagohealthonline.com/medicaid-aca-qanda/?mc_cid=8960861e46&mc_eid=2d0bf8a8ef
5 months ago
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NIH funding cuts are putting rare disease research — and lives — at risk. For Milan Afshar, a young Chicagoan living with stiff-person syndrome, life turned upside down after his clinical trial abruptly ended. This isn’t just a budget issue. It’s a human one. Read the full story:
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Life After the Cut - Chicago Health
Patients with rare diseases like stiff-person syndrome grapple with uncertainty amid NIH funding cuts.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/rare-diseases-nih-funding-cuts-stiff-person-syndrome/
6 months ago
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Katie Scarlett Brandt
7 months ago
One of the vaccines on that schedule? Polio.
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Without Polio Vaccines, How Quickly Will the Disease Return?
Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving vaccines are revoked under the new administration
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-how-quickly-could-polio-return-to-the-u-s-without-vaccines/
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7 months ago
RFK ousted the vaccine advisory committee (ACIP). What are the chances he'll fill it w/ anti-vaxxers who change the immunization schedule, prompting insurers not to cover vaccines? Here's how the vaccine process typically works:
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Who’s In Charge?
Although local health departments set vaccine requirements, the federal government plays a significant role in development and approval
https://chicagohealthonline.com/whos-in-charge/
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Read our 2024 award-winning stories and latest recognitions! We’re excited to share the honors that
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and
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have received this past year for outstanding work. Congratulations to all, and please enjoy!
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Award Season - Chicago Health
Read our 2024 award-winning stories and latest recognitions
https://chicagohealthonline.com/awards-fellowships-grants/?mc_cid=0cd628c385&mc_eid=6cb8daf4b0
7 months ago
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Caregiving Magazine
7 months ago
Incredibly timely for older Americans and those who love them or hope to someday be them, with suggested actions for Wed., 3/28.
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As infections and low egg supplies persist, avian flu remains an unpredictable health concern:
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Bird Flu's Flight - Chicago Health
As infections and low egg supplies persist, avian flu remains an unpredictable health concern.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/bird-flu-flight/
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Older Venezuelans in the U.S. struggle with shifting immigration policies:
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My latest story for
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Ongoing Fear
Older Venezuelans in the U.S. struggle with shifting immigration policies.
https://chicagocaregiving.com/ongoing-fear-venezuelan-immigrants-older-adults/
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8 months ago
In a landmark shift for retail pharmacy, private equity firm Sycamore Partners will purchase Walgreens Boots Alliance for $10 billion later this year, with potential to pay $23.7 billion once all costs are factored in. The deal takes Walgreens private for the first time in nearly a century.
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Walgreens Goes Private
What private equity ownership means for Walgreens, healthcare access, and pharmacy services.
https://chicagocaregiving.com/walgreens-goes-private-equity-pharmacy-access/
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Katie Scarlett Brandt
9 months ago
So proud of our latest
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. Here's my editor's letter, starting here and continuing in the comments: I’ve been thinking back to those early days of Covid-19, what it was like to be a journalist then. Every day brought something new.
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Olivia Campbell
9 months ago
Thanks for the shout-out,
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9 months ago
MD vs. DO: What's the difference? Quite a bit actually! (Though, in my experience, it depends on the specialty.) An interesting history in our latest issue of
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:
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MD, DO – What Kind of Doctor is This? - Chicago Health
Exploring the differences between allopathy and osteopathic medicine.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/md-do-what-kind-of-doctor-is-this/
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Nutrition advice is rife with misinformation − a medical education specialist explains how to tell valid health information from pseudoscience.
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Nutrition Misinformation - Chicago Health
Nutrition advice is rife with misinformation − a medical education specialist explains how to tell valid health information
https://chicagohealthonline.com/nutrition-misinformation/
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Measles update: 607 cases across 21 states as of Friday. 3 confirmed deaths as of this morning. “The best thing you can do is make sure you and your family are protected,” a local infectious disease doctor told
@chicagohealth.bsky.social
. “Measles is preventable — if people get vaccinated.”
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Measles Misery - Chicago Health
As the once-eliminated respiratory virus spreads across the U.S., health experts encourage measles vaccination in Chicago.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/measles/
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Five years since the beginning of Covid-19, new epidemics such as bird flu are emerging worldwide, and researchers are still finding it difficult to access the data about people’s deaths that they need to develop lifesaving interventions.
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Health Data Hunt - Chicago Health
5 years on, true counts of Covid-19 deaths remain elusive − and research is hobbled by lack of data
https://chicagohealthonline.com/covid-19-mortality-data-five-years-later/
9 months ago
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We are once again incredibly honored to be a finalist in the Chicago Headline Club's Peter Lisagor Awards. Congratulations to our design team for their work on our gun violence issue.
9 months ago
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This is the story of thousands of families, violently uprooted from their homeland, struggling to build new opportunities for their children. As families face ongoing hardships, the support systems they've developed here are tested daily. By
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After the Darién - Chicago Health
Venezuelan migrant children and the mental health journey they face
https://chicagohealthonline.com/after-the-darien-children-mental-health/
9 months ago
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Illinois residents may soon have access to free training on how to administer epinephrine to someone experiencing anaphylaxis. This life-threatening allergic reaction causes severe swelling, potentially blocking airways and causing suffocation.
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Dillon's Law - Chicago Health
Proposed bill brings epinephrine training and administration to Illinois residents.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/dillons-law-epinephrine/
9 months ago
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Jessica Pupovac
11 months ago
Word of the Week: Vorauseilender Gehorsam German word for ‘preemptive obedience' (thx to
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“There’s Just a Lot of Uncertainty” - Chicago Health
Ongoing NIH cuts prompt confusion, concern in Chicago medical centers.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/theres-just-a-lot-of-uncertainty-hhs-freeze-nih/
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Katie Scarlett Brandt
9 months ago
While HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy argues that skipping public comment streamlines operations, critics warn that doing so limits transparency and shuts out healthcare stakeholders from shaping policy. via
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No Comment - Chicago Health
HHS cuts public comment periods, sparking concerns over transparency.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/no-public-comment-hhs/
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11 months ago
22 states have filed a lawsuit against the NIH over the Trump administration's new 15% cap. The suit contends that because of the policy, lifesaving research “will grind to a halt.” Chicago researchers weigh in on the freeze, via
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“There’s Just a Lot of Uncertainty” - Chicago Health
Ongoing NIH cuts prompt confusion, concern in Chicago medical centers.
https://chicagohealthonline.com/theres-just-a-lot-of-uncertainty-hhs-freeze-nih/
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11 months ago
Update: The letter now has 24,300 signatures It cites Kennedy’s 2019 visit to Samoa, where he fueled doubts about the measles vax. Vaccination rates fell (60% to 31%) following the visit. Within four months, a measles outbreak killed 83, hospitalized 1,868.
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Physicians React to Robert F. Kennedy Nomination - Chicago Health
U.S. senators will meet this week over whether to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer, as head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Physicians across the count...
https://chicagohealthonline.com/physicians-react-rfk-nomination-hhs-public-health/
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Health inequities, hospitals’ preparation for the Democratic National Convention, ongoing vaccine controversies.... Check out the pieces you’ve missed, or take another look.
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Our Top 10 Stories of 2024 - Chicago Health
This past year, our top 10 include stories on inequities, hospitals' preparation for the Democratic National Convention, ongoing vaccine controversies, and more. Check out the pieces you’ve missed, or...
https://chicagohealthonline.com/our-top-10-health-stories-of-2024/
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