Alison Bowen

An empty classroom at Woodson South Elementary School in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. Research indicates that younger children might be less likely to get COVID-19 or transmit it.

Elementary schools may be safer to reopen, doctors say

July 23, 2020 at 4:07 p.m.

Elementary schools could potentially more safely reopen than schools for older students, infectious disease doctors said Thursday. A panel with doctors from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) expressed...

In this March 16, 2020 file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle.

How will the first COVID-19 vaccine affect women? ‘This leaves a big question mark.’

July 19, 2020 at 7:05 p.m.

When it finally arrives, will a COVID-19 vaccine work the same for women as for men? What about for women who are pregnant or going through menopause? We might not...

Coronavirus mask donations dwindle. Group puts out call for more face coverings for new moms.

July 17, 2020 at 10:57 a.m.

When the coronavirus crisis hit Illinois, many people began firing up their sewing machines to make face coverings for themselves and to donate. Organizations across Chicago received donations. But now,...

Gianna Kieffer, 21, of Morris, on the lakefront at Diversey.

‘I don’t think about it a ton.’ Chicago’s young adults react to COVID-19 uptick among their peers.

July 16, 2020 at 12:37 p.m.

There's a lot of attention focused on 18- to 29-year-olds right now. And not in a good way. As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the U.S. and Chicago, leaders...

Latinas y afroamericanas representan el 70% de casos de COVID-19 en embarazadas

July 7, 2020 at 1:02 p.m.

A las 25 semanas de embarazo de su primer hijo, una mujer hispana de 21 años se infectó de COVID-19. Los médicos de la joven en el St. Anthony Hospital...

Mary Calderon, a doula who works with young moms, with one of the educational models she uses, on July 1, 2020.

Of the COVID-19 pregnancy cases reported in Illinois, Black and Latina women make up over 70%

July 2, 2020 at 4:21 p.m.

At around 25 weeks pregnant with her first child, a 21-year-old Hispanic woman became infected with COVID-19. The young woman's doctors at St. Anthony Hospital in Little Village were just...

Volunteers Janet Godsey, left, and Frances Bronson prepare diapers, formula and supplies to be distributed at the Austin location of New Moms.

For some Chicago families, diapers and other baby items are tough to find or afford amid pandemic. ‘There’s certainly a desperate need.’

July 1, 2020 at 10:13 a.m.

Unemployment through the COVID-19 crisis and shuttered stores after recent looting have made baby items like diapers harder to find and afford for many Chicago families. On Tuesday afternoon, New...

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