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Julie Loving, left, and her daughter, Breanna Lockwood, display an ultrasound image of Lockwood's baby.

Illinois mom, 51, carries her grandchild after her daughter’s 476 injections, 8 IVF frozen embryo transfers, 2 miscarriages and 1 ectopic pregnancy

June 21, 2020 at 6:34 p.m.

It was after her daughter's first miscarriage that Julie Loving began thinking about becoming her gestational carrier. Loving, 51, has watched for years as her daughter, Breanna Lockwood, 29, and...

Edgardo Diaz, 30, runs in his Oak Forest neighborhood at 5 a.m. on June 17, 2020. He is believed to be the first lung transplant patient to get plasma for COVID-19 and recover, according to University of Chicago doctors.

Illinois man, 30, is believed to be 1st lung transplant survivor to receive COVID-19 plasma and recover

June 17, 2020 at 3:50 p.m.

Although he received a double lung transplant last year, when Edgardo Diaz became sick with COVID-19 in April, he showed no fear. "I wasn't scared," said the 30-year-old Oak Forest...

D'Asia Hervey, right, holds her 7-month-old son, Matthew, with photographer Amber Marie Green on June 4, 2020, in Chicago. Green recently photographed Hervey and Matthew at a protest in downtown Chicago.

‘Look at all these people. They’re here for your future.’ Chicago mom attends first protest with her 7-month-old son

June 15, 2020 at 2:05 p.m.

D'Asia Hervey didn't want to bring her 7-month-old baby to a protest. She was worried it might not be a safe place for him. But her mom, Stephanie Woodall-Wilson, persuaded...

Donna Langel, 80, right, picks up meals from Catholic Charities volunteer Rose Brisske on June 9, 2020, in Ingleside.

Seniors, already at risk from COVID-19, face problems getting groceries and prescriptions

July 15, 2020 at 12:34 p.m.

When she wants a break from being cooped up at home, Donna Langel, 80, drives through a Culver's near her home in Grayslake, gets takeout and eats lunch by the...

Paramedics transport a man believed to be Hong Kong's first coronavirus patient to a hospital on Jan. 22, 2020.

Amid COVID-19 fears, law allows rape kits at places other than emergency rooms

June 5, 2020 at 6:35 p.m.

Sexual assault survivors scared of contracting COVID-19 in state emergency rooms can now seek care in other places. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Friday that allows rape kits to be...

Broken glass and merchandise on the Michigan Avenue sidewalk outside a ransacked Walgreens on May 31, 2020.

How to help Chicago recover after looting and damage to businesses and neighborhoods

June 1, 2020 at 5:59 p.m.

Images of city shops being looted have filled news reports and social media over the weekend. In response, many Chicagoans have been out on their local streets and sidewalks to...

Rush Street near Cedar Street in Chicago. One of the street sections in the pilot program is Rush Street from Oak Street to Cedar Street.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago will experiment with shutting down some neighborhood streets for outdoor dining options

May 30, 2020 at 9:54 a.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday that six streets in different neighborhoods throughout the city will be shut down to allow restaurants to set up tables for expanded outdoor dining....

A rape kit is photographed Dec. 4, 2019, in the emergency department at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Sexual assault victims fear going to ER during a pandemic. New legislation could allow rape kits at health clinics instead.

May 28, 2020 at 4:07 p.m.

It's never easy to go to an emergency room for evidence collection after a sexual assault. But now, assault victims face the added fear of COVID-19 infection. Legislation that passed...

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How to host the best virtual graduation party

May 22, 2020 at 11:09 a.m.

You've looked forward to this for roughly 18 years. It's time for your family to celebrate the graduate. And what you had envisioned — family and friends filling the house,...

Angela Huang is a diagnostic medical sonographer at a Chicago hospital.

They are not doctors or nurses. But they share the same elevated exposure to coronavirus, and they feel forgotten.

May 14, 2020 at 7:19 p.m.

When she uses her equipment to assess the kidneys of COVID-19 patients, Angela Huang scoots her machine so close that she and the patient are often hip to hip. As...

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