Georgina Fofana celebrates sisterhood with Ghanaian waist bead culture By Darcel Rockett July 31, 2022 at 6:35 p.m. Lombard resident Georgina "Gina" Fofana wants to get Chicagoland waisted — as in getting adorned...
Monkeypox cases in Chicago jump to 42 but it remains rare and is much less transmissible than COVID-19 By Jake Sheridan June 27, 2022 at 6:11 p.m. Chicago has 42 diagnosed monkeypox cases, the city's top doctor said Monday. That's an increase...
With Roe v. Wade reversal expected, Mayor Lori Lightfoot pledges $500K for abortion access in Chicago By Gregory Royal Pratt May 9, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. The city of Chicago will spend $500,000 to support abortion access for residents and people...
Two years and counting into the pandemic, Chicago looks at how COVID-19 has affected the racial life expectancy gap. ‘The news is not good,’ Dr. Arwady says. By Darcel Rockett April 26, 2022 at 10:38 a.m. Follow the numbers. We knew that residents in certain ZIP codes lived shorter lives than...
Philadelphia reinstated its indoor mask mandate. Will Chicago be next? By Darcel Rockett April 18, 2022 at 9:37 a.m. Philadelphia this week became the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate...
Commentary: It has been two years since the pandemic began, and masks are coming off. If you want to keep yours, here are 12 that are worth adding to your buy list By Kevin Williams March 14, 2022 at 5:08 p.m. Masks are easy, masks are hard. Masks are political, masks are gone(ish) — for now....
Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures offers cultural tours to get kids ‘out of their heads and into the world’ By Darcel Rockett March 11, 2022 at 1:26 p.m. A week before a hip replacement surgery, on a February weekend, Crystal Dyer is walking...
25 years in the making, Englewood opens the Go Green Community Fresh Market, a new vision of the corner store: ‘It’s truly a breath of fresh air.’ By Darcel Rockett March 8, 2022 at 5:57 p.m. Corie Luckett grew up in the Englewood neighborhood — walking distance from the newly opened...
$6.75M medical malpractice settlement proposed in lawsuit against Cook County’s Stroger Hospital by patient left paralyzed By Alice Yin February 10, 2022 at 8:16 a.m. Cook County commissioners are set this week to finalize a $6.75 million settlement to a...
Should parents worry about a vaccine affecting a child’s fertility? Your COVID-19 questions answered. By Alison Bowen December 16, 2021 at 1:27 p.m. Should parents worry about a vaccine affecting a child's fertility? We asked local experts your...