How Two Local Groups Are Tackling Food Insecurity During COVID-19
Experts say communities that are hardest hit by the pandemic were already struggling with high rates of poverty and food insecurity.
Experts say communities that are hardest hit by the pandemic were already struggling with high rates of poverty and food insecurity.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says Black residents are being disproportionately impacted by the overdose crisis.
The medical examiner’s office said Tuesday it likely has confirmed around 770 opioid deaths so far and has another 580 pending cases.
For children, the distress shows itself in difficult moods, stomachaches or even regression to behaviors from earlier childhood. Here are seven ideas to help anxious kids feel better.
Transit officials are studying more advanced cleaning methods that might someday automatically disinfect transit systems around the clock.
State officials on Sunday reported 954 new cases of the virus. Some health experts are calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to bring back restrictions.
Researchers say airborne transmission is possible, but it’s unclear how much it contributes to the spread.
Pointing to the coronavirus’s disproportionate impact on people of color, 1,007 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call on the agency to declare racism a public health threat.
The recent uptick in cases has again thrown the state into the thorny debate over how to contain the virus without sacrificing the economy.
Six months after COVID-19 started spreading around the globe, desperation rather than information is still driving many decisions about how to treat the disease.