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Ivy Marcucci, who has multiple sclerosis and received a stem cell transplant at Northwestern, was photographed Aug. 5, 2019, in suburban Riverside.

Cutting-edge multiple sclerosis treatment at Northwestern restores local college student’s vision, balance and energy: ‘I am a new person,’ says 22-year-old Ivy Marcucci

May 14, 2021 at 10:09 a.m.

Ivy Marcucci can stand on one leg, with the other raised to the side and bent tightly in a yoga "tree" pose. She can hike for hours without worrying that...

This COVID-19 quarantine tier has single cells at Division 11 of the Cook County Jail in Chicago on May 20, 2020.

Study links short stays at Cook County Jail early in the pandemic to the spread of COVID-19 in Black and Latino neighborhoods after inmates’ release

May 11, 2021 at 6:12 p.m.

Relatively brief stays at the Cook County Jail — many lasting only hours or days — were strongly associated with the early spread of COVID-19 in Chicago, according to a...

Jennifer Price shares memories of her husband, Ben, at their home in Morris on April 20, 2021. Ben took his own life weeks after surviving COVID-19 in what experts are calling post-COVID psychosis.

After COVID-19, came panic and paranoia. The suicide of a Morris businessman shines a spotlight on a rare but serious condition: Post-COVID psychosis.

May 24, 2021 at 11:16 a.m.

An outgoing former college football player, Ben Price could fill a room with his energy and enthusiasm. But that changed, his wife Jennifer said, after Ben, 48, got COVID-19 in...

Timothy Jackson, Director of Government Relations at AIDS Foundation Chicago, on the North Side of Chicago on April 16, 2021.

Illinois law aimed at preventing people with HIV from transmitting the virus has been criticized as unfair and unscientific. Activists are pushing for a full repeal.

May 24, 2021 at 11:04 a.m.

Cicero police detective John Savage loved his job. He would have worked every day if he could have, he said. He went for years without taking a single sick day....

Kulsum Qadri and her husband, Fahad Tahir, take self portraits amid the blooming cherry blossoms south of the Museum of Science and Industry on the South Side of Chicago on April 12, 2021.

Chicago gets its first full-blown cherry blossom season, with 160 temperamental young trees in Jackson Park finally living up to their promise

April 14, 2021 at 10:33 a.m.

Patricia Morse has been waiting eight years for this moment. Like many Chicagoans, Morse, 68, of Hyde Park, was entranced when she heard that the region's largest single collection of...

What got books challenged or banned in 2020? Strong, anti-racist messages aimed at kids or teens.

April 6, 2021 at 12:55 p.m.

As recently as 2010, the award-winning teen novel "Looking for Alaska" topped the American Library Association's list of books most often challenged by parents and community members, thanks largely to...

La salud emocional de los niños disminuyó en Chicago durante la pandemia, según una nueva encuesta del Lurie Children’s Hospital

April 2, 2021 at 10:44 a.m.

La salud emocional de los niños de Chicago se ha visto afectada durante la pandemia de COVID-19, según una nueva encuesta del Lurie Children's Hospital. La encuesta de 1,500 padres...

Childhood tantrums, nightmares and headaches are up in Chicago during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey from Lurie hospital

April 2, 2021 at 11:41 a.m.

The emotional health of Chicago children has taken a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey out of Lurie Children's Hospital. The survey of 1,500 parents from...

Zachary Marcus, right, and his husband, Gary McDowell, pose for a photo near Waveland Park on March 30, 2021, in Chicago.

LGBTQ and single prospective parents in Illinois would have access to fertility benefits that heterosexual couples have enjoyed for 30 years, under proposed law: ‘This is an anti-discrimination bill’

April 1, 2021 at 3:33 p.m.

As a gay man seeking to start a family, Evanston pediatrician Zachary Marcus faces bills for everything from compensation for the woman who will carry his baby, to in vitro...

Beverly Cleary signs books at the Monterey Bay Book Festival in Monterey, California on April 19, 1998.

I knew Ramona Quimby. With any luck, you did too.

May 24, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.

When I first met Ramona Quimby, she was only 4 years old and already showing signs of greatness. This was a kid who could secretly summon 15 friends to her...

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