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Ancestry.com’s study is available only to members, but 23andMe is asking past and present COVID-19 patients (customers or not) to partake in a study.
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"You’d do anything to help your kids," says the woman who is the surrogate for her 29-year-old daughter. The baby is due in November.
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After receiving the plasma in a University of Chicago trial, Edgardo Diaz of Oak Forest recovered from the coronavirus. “I feel great,” he said.
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A medical expert explains the do's and don'ts of public gatherings as Illinois and Chicago prepare to reopen.
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Legislation that awaits the governor's signature would allow victims to go to centers such as Howard Brown Health.
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The study included 16 women who gave birth at Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital.
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One trial will compare cognitive test scores over three years of hundreds of older adults who follow a relatively new regimen called the MIND diet.
By Kay Manning
May 21, 2020
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“It’s in the semen, so it’s possible that it might be sexually transmitted, but that has not been documented,” said one expert.
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Maria Lopez was a nurse in robotic surgery at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. She was set to retire April 30.
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A roundup of responses from Chicago-area nurses about how their lives have changed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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CDC official: The U.S. government was slow to understand how much the coronavirus was spreading from Europe.
By MIKE STOBBE
May 2, 2020
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Juan Martinez was so dedicated to his job that he kept working even as the coronavirus crisis coincided with the final weeks before his retirement.
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Chicago nurse Joyce Pacubas-Le Blanc died after testing positive for the coronavirus. She is the first UIC nurse to die after having COVID-19.
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Most pregnant patients aren’t even allowed a visitor after giving birth. For pregnant patients who test positive for COVID-19, it’s more isolating.
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Chicago nurses who tested positive for coronavirus fear they will get sick again.
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Runners getting too close to pedestrians is the single biggest complaint one North Side alderman said she's heard since the pandemic began.
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“The world is your workout space,” says one trainer. Online classes and outdoor exercise can help gym users maintain a sense of order.
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Researchers have known normal body temperature is actually lower than 98.6 and can vary by gender, size, age, time of day and other factors.
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Twitter comes alive with pop culture references about how the world is coping with coronavirus.
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Black and Latina women report higher pain postpartum, but they are getting fewer opioid medications.
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With the announcement that another Illinois couple has tested positive for coronavirus, the total number of people investigated for the virus in Illinois has grown to more than 100.
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Baker College Prep students get real-life experience with STEM careers and more in Medline's internship program.
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Some Chicago area schools are doing extra cleaning to prevent coronavirus.
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University of Illinois at Chicago has created Catch-It, an online comic book to help teens cope with depression.
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Illinois parents would no longer be able to claim religion as a reason to refuse vaccinations for children. Some parents say they'll leave the state.
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A seven-year study from DePaul University and Lurie Children's Hospital found just 5% of children with myalgic encephalomyelitis were diagnosed.
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On TikTok, sex ed is being flipped on its head. Teenagers who load the app might find guidance set to the pulsing beat of “Sex Talk” by Megan Thee Stallion. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/health/tiktok-doctors-sex-ed.html
By Emma Goldberg
Feb 8, 2020
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The CDC is sending coronavirus test kits to labs around the U.S. and the world, including a Chicago lab.
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