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Springfield nurse explains what it’s like to treat a COVID-19 patient

April 3, 2020 at 2:37 p.m.

Tom McClure is a nurse in the intensive care unit at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield who has treated multiple patients with the novel coronavirus. In his unit, which has...

Sweet Vivares Yee tosses her clothing in the washing machine at her Bolingbrook home immediately after returning home from her job on March 26, 2020.

‘I tell my wife to get away.’ Facing coronavirus fears, Chicago nurses and doctors try to protect their own families.

April 2, 2020 at 9:12 a.m.

Home should be a refuge. But for people reporting to a hospital during the coronavirus crisis, home is just one more place to dread. Doctors, nurses and others working at...

As divorced parents grapple with the best way to deal with coronavirus-related dilemmas, experts offer some advice.

Can children get on a plane? What if a parent gets sick? Coronavirus creates custody issues — and some silver linings

March 28, 2020 at 8:26 p.m.

Chicago attorneys and providers who work with divorced families say the coronavirus and accompanying closures and complications have created a stream of questions among divorced parents. What if one parent...

How one man salvaged a proposal that coronavirus cancellations nearly ruined

March 26, 2020 at 11:33 a.m.

The lakefront's role remained the same. Matt Gorski had an entire plan. He had organized people flying in from all over the country, hoping to surprise his girlfriend, Erica Swanson....

How to donate protective gear to Chicagoland hospitals

April 7, 2020 at 12:38 p.m.

Many baiduhai readers have reached out after reading about nurses in Chicago pleading for more protective gear, asking how they could help. Chicago hospitals have been preparing to tackle...

‘We feel like we’re in this alone’: Nurses treating coronavirus patients plead for more protective gear

March 21, 2020 at 7:24 p.m.

Consuelo Vargas went to a hardware store Friday, scanning the aisles for anything she felt might protect her. Vargas is a nurse in the emergency room at Stroger Hospital, where...

Keeping kids engaged and occupied can be tough, but one homeschooling mom has tips and tricks she has picked up over the years.

Working parents are suddenly also acting as teachers. Here are tips from one homeschooling mom.

March 26, 2020 at 9:02 a.m.

As parents deal with the first day of school closings across the state because of the coronavirus, it's a new normal for nearly everyone. Some teachers are sending home supplemental...

As more people are told to stay home and practice social distancing, the experience of quarantine or isolation can impact mood. Here are tips on how to cope.

How coronavirus isolation can impact your mood, and what to do about it

March 16, 2020 at 9:58 a.m.

As more Americans are encouraged to practice social distancing and to work from home, less person-to-person contact can negatively impact mental wellness. Deciding whether to visit family, have loved ones...

Sanitizing wipes are one way to clean your phone.

Coronavirus cleaning tips for your iPhone, Android

March 10, 2020 at 2:35 p.m.

Beyond our faces, what do we touch all the time? Our phones. While the coronavirus most frequently spreads among close contacts via respiratory droplets and transmission to persons from contaminated...

‘Bachelor’ shares vile messages sent to contestants

March 3, 2020 at 1:02 p.m.

At the end of last night's episode of "The Bachelor," producers allotted time to address the online hatred contestants receive. Former bachelorette, and the only African American lead in the...

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