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A study published by Northwestern Medicine revealed placentas in pregnant women who tested positive for COVID-19 can be injured.

Placentas in COVID-positive pregnant women show injury with blood circulation and clotting

May 22, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

The placentas of multiple women who tested positive for COVID-19 showed signs of injury, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published Friday. The two major findings about the placenta...

Many Illinois couples wish they were quarantined with their ‘work spouse.’ Experts say don’t sweat it, but do be careful with that relationship.

May 22, 2020 at 9:50 a.m.

Quarantine, a global pandemic and the overall state of the world right now have been major bummers, to say the very least. Well, here's another to add to the list:...

Anya Pierce sets up a graduation sign at the home of one of the Evanston Township graduating seniors on May 11, 2020. The Evanston Township High School Boosters are gifting signs to all the students in the Class of 2020, and the staff was delivering the signs to each senior's home.

How graduating high school seniors are being celebrated

May 20, 2020 at 5:46 p.m.

The coronavirus pandemic has made high school seniors miss out on some of life's most memorable moments: prom, senior nights at spring sporting events, graduation, college acceptance day and so...

COVID-19 was found in semen of recovered patients. Is it a sexually transmitted disease?

May 15, 2020 at 9:21 a.m.

The virus that causes COVID-19 can be present in the semen of patients who have the coronavirus, as well as those recovering from it, according to a recent study published...

Virtual summer camps are available to children as the uncertainty of the coronavirus leaves traditional camps up in the air.

14 virtual summer camps for kids K-12

May 21, 2020 at 4:06 p.m.

Summer is approaching, and thankfully, parents, you'll get a break from facilitating e-learning. But as those kids get more restless by the minute, and the stay-at-home order persists until the...

Charles Green displays the funeral service program for his wife, Sandra Evans-Green, on May 7, 2020, in Joliet.

‘It kind of feels like a murder’: COVID-19 complicates Mother’s Day for Illinoisans who lost their moms to the virus

May 8, 2020 at 6:23 p.m.

Alicia Evans chuckled when she admitted that she was one of her mother's "rebellious kids" growing up. But as Evans got older, she said, she and her mother's relationship grew...

Online workout classes — 5 to 60 minutes and mostly free — will get you through the coronavirus stay-at-home order.

May 6, 2020 at 11:33 a.m.

Since the stay-at-home order in Illinois has been extended to May 30, Chicagoans have had to find more ways to be active inside — especially since the mayor closed the...

Yo Yarborough identifies as polyamorous and is currently managing three relationships.

Polyamorous Chicagoans share what it’s been like to balance life and love during the quarantine

May 1, 2020 at 10:18 p.m.

For two years, Yo Yarborough, who lives in West Humboldt Park and prefers the gender pronouns they and them, has been dating two women, and started dating a third woman...

Rachael Stewart stands outside her Beverly home with her 8-year-old daughter Mya Moore and husband Clif Stewart on March 16, 2020. Stewart gave birth to a boy on March 26, 2020.

No visitors, limited anesthetic: Giving birth amid coronavirus means ‘you can’t control anything’

April 28, 2020 at 11:40 a.m.

Before Rachael Stewart gave birth to her second child, a baby boy named Caleb, on March 26, she knew many of the items on her birth plan would not go...

Dolton village trustee and community activist Andrew Holmes, left, delivers about 200 bags of food to Our Savior Senior Apartments, a large senior housing building in Dolton on March 20, 2020.

Volunteer your time, donate money, or create masks. Here’s how Chicagoland can give back during the coronavirus pandemic.

April 23, 2020 at 12:31 p.m.

The spread of the coronavirus pandemic has placed an extra burden on many essential workers, primarily health care professionals. But there are other Chicagoland laborers who have felt the demand...

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