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Therapist Glenn Sevier, left, walks with his client Thomas Miller along Loyola Beach during "Walk-n-Talk" therapy in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago on Dec. 12, 2020.

In a pandemic year, walk and talk therapy is helping some Chicago residents get exercise and receive counseling

December 21, 2020 at 12:54 p.m.

Therapist Glenn Sevier, left, walks with his client Thomas Miller along Loyola Beach during "Walk-n-Talk" therapy in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago on Dec. 12, 2020. Glenn Sevier believes...

"We must remember that kids are flexible," says Joseph Novak, a psychologist. "Often we as parents are more attached to our traditions than our kids."

How parents (and kids) can stay sane over the holidays

December 16, 2020 at 11:36 a.m.

In normal times, Ashley Rayner would make cookies with her mother this time of year, walking over to where her parents live, just a few houses away in Beverly. But...

Doug White peeks in to check on his order and say hello to the staff at Kizuna Sushi in Glen Ellyn on Dec. 11, 2020.

They turned their van into a ‘mobile dining room’ to help support restaurants and bars

December 15, 2020 at 7:35 a.m.

They talk about how they loved the tuna tartare at Cab's Wine Bar Bistro in Glen Ellyn. They talk about how Mexican and Vietnamese flavors fused at Mykha's before the...

People walk through a tunnel of holiday lights during the annual ZooLights display at the Lincoln Park Zoo on Dec. 7, 2020.

12 safe Chicago-area holiday activities for the pandemic: You deserve it.

December 10, 2020 at 11:23 a.m.

This year really put us through the ringer. We've spent the majority of 2020 social distancing from anyone who doesn't live in our immediate household. Before the pandemic, the holidays...

Teacher Rosa Carrasquillo, left, looks on as Jessica Desarden picks up her son from day care in Chicago on Dec. 3, 2020.

‘If I can’t find someone to take care of them, how would I work to provide for them?’ U. of C. study highlights child care barriers in Chicago’s Latino communities.

December 8, 2020 at 5:00 a.m.

When Jessica Desarden, 32, became a mother seven years ago, one of her concerns was finding the appropriate day care to look after her children when she went back to...

Yellow dots mark the spots for proper social distancing as travelers line up to board an Amtrak train , Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in New York's Penn Station. Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged New Yorkers to just say no to Thanksgiving gatherings to help reduce COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, which he said are rising at a dangerous level.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Expertos en salud y ciencia responden a las preguntas sobre COVID-19

December 3, 2020 at 11:07 a.m.

Estas son algunas de las muchas preguntas que nos enviaron los lectores y que hemos hecho a los expertos en salud y ciencias. Este recurso se actualizará a medida que...

A pregnant Caucasian woman is indoors in a doctor's office. Her female doctor is wearing medical clothing. The woman is holding her stomach which the doctor writes on a clipboard.

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Should pregnant women get a COVID-19 vaccine? What about women considering pregnancy? Guidance is hard to find because trials exclude pregnancy.

December 3, 2020 at 3:16 p.m.

Hospital workers are under an immense amount of stress this year. But help might be on the way soon as a federal advisory committee recommended Tuesday that they be first...

Laura Sickel Baumann stands with her dog Roscoe on a back patio of their house in Evanston, which is equipped with a wheelchair ramp that provides easy access for her son, who had a spinal cord injury.

Making a home accessible after a severe injury can be overwhelming — but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s one mom’s advice.

November 29, 2020 at 11:26 p.m.

When Laura Sickel Baumann got the phone call in 2018, she first knew she needed to get her son back to Chicago. He'd been injured in an accident in New...

Dr. Michelle Prickett, right, reviews patient records in the ICU.

As these Chicago doctors do battle in a COVID-19 unit, their friendship has become a lifeline: ‘She’s living it with me.’

November 24, 2020 at 2:36 p.m.

A few things keep Dr. Khalilah Gates and Dr. Michelle Prickett walking into Northwestern Memorial Hospital's intensive care unit, where they treat severely ill COVID-19 patients. A sense of duty....

Jessica Cabe sits with her cat, Gene, next to her Christmas tree at home in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood, Nov. 18, 2020. Cabe said she put up her tree on Nov. 1.

Christmas trees before Thanksgiving? Many Chicagoans deck the halls early this year to ease COVID-19 stress

November 23, 2020 at 4:46 p.m.

Who gets to say when a Christmas tree is placed too early? Typically, Jessica Cabe would decorate her tree in late November. A few roommates had politely requested she wait...

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