‘We nearly broke the system’: Hospitals face staff exodus, violence three years into pandemic
Three years after COVID struck, Chicago area hospitals struggle with staff exodus and patient violence in a brave new medical world.
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Waste, sustainability, climate change and environmental justice. WBEZ covers our surroundings and the way we coexist with them.
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Chicago businesses adapt to outlast ‘agonizingly slow’ COVID-19 recovery three years after shutdown
Amid changes in hours and strategies, many still wonder about the future of urban life three years into the pandemic.
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Medical debt is devastating Illinois families, a new report shows
A proposed state law would mandate that hospitals screen uninsured patients for financial help.
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Chicago and Northwest Indiana made The Guardian’s list of air pollution hotspots
Chicago and Northwest Indiana rank high on a list of places with the worst air pollution in the U-S. We talk to a reporter from The Guardian U-S who worked on the ranking.
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Doctors in Chicago and elsewhere aim to unravel long COVID’s mysteries, but ‘science takes years’
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center say they already know enough to believe that vaccination likely helps prevent lasting symptoms seen with long COVID.
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3 years, 4 million cases, more than 36,000 deaths: Numbers shape Illinois’ dismal COVID-19 story
Statewide death toll now is nearing 37,000 — roughly the equivalent of wiping out the population of Calumet City.
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Illinois EPA finds drinking water violations in multiple state prisons
Prisoner rights groups have complained about unsafe water. In recent months, the state has sent water violation notices to nearly a dozen prisons.
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Biofuel plant proposed for Gary, Indiana draws mixed reviews
Some residents have raised concerns about a proposed biofuel plant in Northwest Indiana. Host: Clare Lane; Reporter: Michael Puente
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At Walgreens, a CEO caught in the Venn diagram of medicine, politics and profits
After the Deerfield-based retailer said it wouldn’t sell the abortion pill in 21 states, #BoycottWalgreens took off. What’s a modern CEO to do?
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Three years later: What we still don’t know about long COVID
Research and data suggest that more women are affected by long COVID than men.
