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Cairo residents Lee Wright and son Roman Wright pose for a photo on June 23, 2021 not far from the city' s abandoned hospital, where they were building a nail salon. Both men decided not to get vaccinated." I' m like my dad," Roman Wright says." I was born and raised in church all my life. So I say we believe in God.

In Rural America, twisting arms to take a COVID vaccine first takes trust

August 23, 2021 at 11:33 a.m.

CAIRO, Ill. — Lee Wright was hard at work, constructing a nail salon near the city's abandoned hospital, when Jody Johnson stopped by to introduce himself on a recent afternoon....

Alphonso Harried examina sus sitios de inyección de diálisis en su casa en el Condado St. Louis, Missouri, el 18 de mayo de 2021. Harried se somete a diálisis tres veces por semana para tratar su enfermedad renal.

Los nefrólogos dicen que es hora de eliminar la raza de los algoritmos médicos. Hacerlo es complicado

June 10, 2021 at 11:22 a.m.

Alphonso Harried se topó hace poco con un recorte de periódico sobre su abuelo cuando recibió su tratamiento de diálisis número mil. Su abuelo murió posteriormente (en un centro de...

Commentary: What a buzz cut during the pandemic taught me about racism and sexism

November 18, 2020 at 4:02 p.m.

The night before I chopped off my hair, I got nervous. This decision felt bigger than me, given all the weight that Black women's hair carries. But after three months...

For artist inspired by illness, ‘gratitude outweighs pain’

January 15, 2020 at 2:55 p.m.

People often ask Dylan Mortimer how it feels to breathe through transplanted lungs. He gets that a lot because while most people go through life with one pair of lungs,...

Graveyard nightmare

August 22, 2021 at 8:53 a.m.

They came in droves, generations of families pushing their relatives in wheelchairs, holding them and helping them walk, all while clutching faded obituaries, death certificates and other documents. Pamela Brown...

Family fears boy is crash victim

August 22, 2021 at 6:39 a.m.

The family of a missing 13-year-old East Garfield Park boy spent Friday anxiously waiting for authorities to tell them whether the body found in an early morning fiery crash was...

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