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Category: Health

Feature

Emotional toll and all, abortion doesn’t equate to regret

Chicago Talks, January 10, 2023January 10, 2023

“I don’t know what would have happened if I didn’t even have the right to…

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Feature

Blood Supply Shortage

Chicago Talks, May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

Reporter and videographer Tiffini Funches explains the current blood shortage and what people can do…

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Feature

Menstrual Equity advances in prisons while other initiatives wait for another legislative session

Chicago Talks, March 20, 2022March 21, 2022

Maureen Keane, co-founder of She Votes Illinois, announced last Wednesday that a menstrual equity bill…

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Health

Skin Cancer survivors offer advice during month of awareness

Chicago Talks, May 24, 2021May 25, 2021

Patricia Bugiel, 73, of Chicago, had surgery three years ago to remove a melanoma, the…

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Community

COVID-19 vaccine creates hope, but eligibility causes confusion

Chicago Talks, March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. One…

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Health

Health care workers fight mental health battle alongside COVID-19

Chicago Talks, January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

Pinky Marasigan, a physical therapist at Amita Health Presence Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, takes…

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South Suburban College provides COVID-19 testing for community

Chicago Talks, November 27, 2020November 27, 2020

South Suburban College has signed an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois Department of Public Health…

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Health

Opinion: Mercy Hospital, keeping hope alive

Chicago Talks, October 14, 2020October 14, 2020

After 150 years of service, Mercy hospital officials said it will shut down between February…

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Opinion

  • Chicago’s influential music scene doesn’t get the respect it deserves 
    by Zoey Hill-Hernandez
  • Lost in translation: ‘I would see everyone else writing while I just stared blankly at my paper’
    by Cynthia Alaniz
  • ‘It felt like something was gnawing at my heart’; Columbia student copes with illness of a lifetime
    by Morgan Bruner
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Arts and Culture

  • 23 years later, Mazzy Star’s masterpiece album still casts a spell
    by Triniti Waxman
  • Queer Chicago designer finds niche dressing drag performers
    by Seng Xiong
  • From dorm room to mainstage, Phat Dragon built a comedy cult following 
    by Ava Simone Forster
  • Great Ideas of Humanity exhibit showcases famous quotes made visual 
    by Sh'Mara Chism
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Feature

  • Hairstylist helps clients embrace their own beauty, rather than copy someone else’s 
  • Care for Real food pantry serves North Siders as need grows 
  • Cuddle Bunny: Where visitors can chill out with a furry friend 
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