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James Davidson, left, 8, and his younger brother Daniel Davidson, 7, play catch at the Woodlawn YMCA while waiting for their mother to pick them up on April 27, 2021. The boys will be attending summer camp at the YMCA.

Summer camp rituals amid a pandemic will be different, from more masks to no high-fives — ‘elbow- and foot-fives only’

April 28, 2021 at 4:34 p.m.

For Robin Czajka's family, summer camp is a decadeslong tradition. A lifelong camper herself, the St. Charles mom began sending her daughters when the youngest was 8 years old. "I...

La enfermera Maribel Huerta cierra una cortina después de revisar a un paciente en la UCI de trauma quirúrgico en Advocate Christ Medical Center el 22 de abril de 2021, en Oak Lawn.

Un disparo a los 15 la hizo querer ser cuidadora. Como enfermera de COVID-19, recurrió al arte como terapia

April 28, 2021 at 3:07 p.m.

Las enfermeras experimentaron cosas que nunca pudieron explicar. Gente hablando, luego muerta. Reemplazo de miembros de la familia tomando la mano del moribundo. Perder la capacidad de consolar a través...

Nurse Maribel Huerta talks with colleagues while looking over patient charts in the surgical trauma ICU at Advocate Christ Medical Center on April 22, 2021, in Oak Lawn.

Being shot at age 15 made her want to be a caregiver. As a COVID-19 nurse, she’s turned to art as therapy.

May 24, 2021 at 11:04 a.m.

Nurses experienced things they could never explain. People talking, then dead. Replacing family members by holding the hand of the dying. Losing the ability to comfort through a smile. To...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

On Thursday, people can go to a funeral home to get vaccinated, and take steps to stay alive

April 22, 2021 at 11:54 a.m.

Sylvester Dunn has spent the year comforting grieving families who lost members to COVID-19, helping them understand the protocols that limit services and keep his staff safe. Now, he is...

One will get a COVID-19 vaccine. The other will not. How do couples navigate vaccine hesitancy?

April 16, 2021 at 12:55 p.m.

Couples disagree about many things — where to go to dinner, how to squeeze toothpaste out of a tube. But now, with adults in Illinois eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines,...

Pediatric speech language pathologist Jess Dieter works with Jameson Kays, 4, at CST Academy in Chicago on April 13, 2021.

In these times of COVID-19, how does adults wearing masks affect children’s speech development?

April 14, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Brittany Manning is a Ph.D. student studying how children learn to speak. She is also a mother, wondering how masks might affect her infant daughter's ability to learn language. "I've...

Teens are at a tough age in normal times, but even more so now that it's a pandemic. They're old enough to read and understand scary headlines, but young enough to not fully be equipped with the emotional growth that can help adults.

How parents of teenagers can help them manage anxiety and stress in current stage of pandemic

April 9, 2021 at 2:39 p.m.

Even in normal times, being a teenager is fraught. Add in a pandemic, and it's uniquely isolating. Teenagers are old enough to read and understand the fear within COVID-19 headlines,...

Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) outside of the Ken Christy Post Office on Aug. 18, 2020, in Aurora.

5 ways COVID-19 might reshape maternal health

April 16, 2021 at 12:43 p.m.

For years, Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood has had a close eye on maternal health, rooted in the experience of grieving a close friend who died three weeks after giving birth...

Spiro Roberts en su casa de Wheeling el 15 de marzo de 2021. Tiene 64 años y está esperando una vacuna COVID-19.

¿Cómo es tener 64 años en la era del COVID-19?

March 19, 2021 at 11:53 a.m.

Las vacunas están en camino, pero el número mágico para vacunarse son los 65 años de edad. Esa es la recomendación de los Centros de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades...

Sue Surane looks over a chart in the emergency department at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

‘I can’t leave them yet’: A year after her planned retirement, a nurse stays on to fight COVID-19

May 24, 2021 at 11:06 a.m.

Last year in February, Sue Surane was supposed to be celebrating her retirement, spending long days with her grandkids and husband after 45 years as an emergency room nurse. Instead,...

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