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UIC doctor seeks grant from NIH to study COVID long-haulers in vulnerable communities

Karen Jordan, ABC 7 News | Posted on April 14, 2021

a person stands head down on a hamster wheel that looks like a covid19 virus

Clinics pop up to treat long-haulers' lingering COVID-19 symptoms

Dr. Jay Bhatt for ABC News | Posted on April 14, 2021

Dr. Peter Gann, professor of pathology. (Photo: Joshua Clark)

Men with low health literacy less likely to choose active surveillance for prostate cancer after tumor profiling

Jacqueline Carey, UIC News Bureau | Posted on April 09, 2021

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How Amazon Alexas and Smart Watches Can Help Diagnose and Treat Mental lllness

NBC10 Boston | Posted on April 01, 2021

UIC scientists have identified a potent antiviral compound that could lead to the development of a new COVID-19 treatment (photo: CDC)

Novel COVID-19 drug blocks viral replication

Sharon Parmet, UIC News Bureau | Posted on March 24, 2021

Jeffrey Loeb in front of glass case with tissue samples (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC)

‘Zombie’ genes? Research shows some genes come to life in the brain after death

Sharon Parmet, UIC News Bureau | Posted on March 23, 2021

a line of masked immigrants wait outside a facility

Advocates Combat COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy In Undocumented Communities

Dorothy Tucker, CBSN Chicago | Posted on March 18, 2021

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Apple highlights Caria, an app that uses AI to help women manage menopause

Mike Peterson, Apple Insider | Posted on March 17, 2021

UIC medical and Ph.D. student Alex Agelid, left, and Dr. Deepak Shukla, UIC Marion Schenk Professor of Ophthalmology and UIC professor of microbiology and immunology at the College of Medicine.

UIC researchers discover hidden link between cellular defense systems

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on March 15, 2021

a researcher holds a vial up to the light

Vaccine Ethics: Equity Versus Efficiency

Produced by Ryan Andrew Wilde and Chantal Vaca, Illinois Public Media | Posted on March 15, 2021

Lorraine Brown poses for a photo after getting her first shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Mile Square Health Center in Englewood on Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2021. (Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)

UIC works with Chicago to deliver vaccinations to city’s most vulnerable

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on March 14, 2021

A doctor observes a blood clot expelled by a COVID-19 patient at Hospital General de Mexico on May 30, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico.

NIH launches 3rd trial into blood clot treatments for COVID-19 patients

Catherine Park, Fox 32 Chicago | Posted on March 11, 2021

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Update to asthma guidelines covers ICS, LAMAs, indoor allergy mitigation, more

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD, APhA | Posted on March 05, 2021

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Risk factor control poor among Hispanic, Latino patients with prior stroke, TIA

Scott Buzby, Cardiology Today | Posted on March 04, 2021

a man wipes an injection site for a male vaccine patient

COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: Public Awareness Campaign Contest

Posted on March 03, 2021

Medical technologist Joyce Chen prepares samples for the saliva-based COVID-19 test at the Molecular Pathology Laboratory at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

University of Illinois wins FDA approval for saliva COVID-19 test: ‘We’re wasting no time in deploying this,’ Gov. Pritzker vows

Elyssa Cherney, Chicago Tribune | Posted on March 01, 2021

Angela Mitchell, center, a pharmacy technician, works Linda Echevarria, left, also a pharmacy technician, who translates her questions from Mitchell's client, right, at UI Health Wood Street Pharmacy in Chicago. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

COVID-19 patients are testing wearable sensors to catch worsening symptoms before it’s too late

Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune | Posted on February 26, 2021

Dr. Nadera Sweiss, professor of rheumatology in the UIC College of Medicine. Photo: UI Health marketing

UIC researchers find new biomarker for active sarcoidosis

Sharon Parmet, UIC News Bureau | Posted on February 25, 2021

Eben Alsberg (Photo: Ron Fernandez)

New shape-changing 4D materials hold promise for morphodynamic tissue engineering

Sharon Parmet, UIC News Buraeu | Posted on February 24, 2021

Natasha Crooks, assistant professor at the UIC College of Nursing

Researchers publish call to action for research ethics in the time of COVID-19 and BLM

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on February 22, 2021

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Survey: Cleaning product use affecting asthma more during COVID-19 measures

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on February 19, 2021

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UIC researchers invent new gene-editing tool

Sharon Parmet, UIC News Bureau | Posted on February 16, 2021

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UIC researcher awarded $10.15M to develop antibody-based dry eye treatment

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on February 08, 2021

UIC’s Lijun Rong seated in front of a laboratory bench containing various scientific instrumentation

New drug target for Ebola, Marburg viruses

Jacqueline Carey, UIC News Bureau | Posted on February 08, 2021

Double-faced peptide-based boosters are computationally designed to allow recognition of SARS-CoV-2 by Hepatitis B antibodies.

Retrained generic antibodies can recognize SARS-CoV-2

Brian Flood, UIC News Bureau | Posted on February 02, 2021

All cells in a human brain organoid are labeled in blue and newborn neurons are in red. CHARLES ARBER, SELINA WRAY, CHRISTOPHER LOVEJOY

Reduced Adult Neurogenesis Linked with Alzheimer’s Disease

Abby Olena, The Scientist | Posted on February 01, 2021

Dr. Betsy Cliff receives funding through Avalere-RWJF Grant

Posted on February 01, 2021

Pauline Maki, UIC professor of psychiatry, psychology and ob/gyn.

Study looks at menopause, cognitive function in women of color, including women with HIV

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on February 01, 2021

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Dogs Are Mobilizing to Save Their Humans

Sara Serritella, Director of Communications, Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM) | Posted on January 25, 2021

Dr. Kent Hoskins. Photo: Jenny Fontaine

Study finds racial disparities in breast cancer prognosis testing

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on January 21, 2021

Yury Polikanov and Alexander Mankin (Photo: Jenny Fontaine)

Unlocking ‘the shape of water’ in mechanisms of antibiotic resistance

Jacqueline Carey, UIC News Bureau | Posted on January 19, 2021

Enrique Rodriguez is homeless and camps beneath a bridge on South Damen Avenue near the Stevenson Expressway in Chicago (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

Immigrant homeless in Chicago denied government help depend on community efforts to survive: ‘I’m still faithful’

Laura Rodriguez Presa, Chicago Tribune | Posted on January 15, 2021

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Cognitive Performance During Menopause Transition Examined

Courtesy of Drugs.com | Posted on January 13, 2021

Public messaging about Cook County's tax on sweetened beverages focused mostly on proceeds being used to address budgetary deficits.(ISTOCKPHOTO)

Study: Sales Saw Rebound After Chicago-Area Soda Tax Repeal

By Cara Murez, HealthDay Reporter | Posted on January 07, 2021

Dr. Marina Del Rios receives the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by city officials on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 at The Loretto Hospital. (WTTW News)

Chicago Doctor on Being the 1st to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine

Paul Caine, WTTW | Posted on January 07, 2021

Medical technologist Joyce Chen prepares samples for the saliva-based COVID-19 test at the Molecular Pathology Laboratory at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

University of Illinois’ COVID-19 saliva test moves closer to FDA approval, but not fast enough to meet the demand: ‘Every school district in Illinois would love to have this’

By Elyssa Cherney, Chicago Tribune | Posted on January 05, 2021

doctor marina Del Rios receives her second vaccine does from a health worker in PPE

1st Chicago healthcare workers receive 2nd dose of Pfizer vaccine Tuesday at Norwegian American Hospital

By Jessica D'Onofrio and Karen Jordan, ABC 7 Chicago | Posted on January 05, 2021

Jose Vazquez, 51, died of COVID-19 early on in the pandemic. His daughters Marissa, left, and Sarina, center, and his widow, Maria, right, adorn his gravesite in Norridge with flowers on Christmas, Dec. 25, 2020. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

A pandemic’s cruel toll: More than 16,000 Illinoisans died from COVID-19 in 2020, disproportionately the elderly, poor, people of color

By Christy Gutowski and Jonathan Berlin, Chicago Tribune | Posted on January 01, 2021

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, left, elbow-bumps emergency room technician Demetrius McAlister after McAlister got the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at St. Anthony Hospital. It’s essential that Black health care workers lead by example and get vaccinated, to help build trust among African Americans who have been hardest-hit by COVID-19, the Editorial Board writes. Youngrae Kim/AP Photos

Early numbers on Chicago’s vaccine rollout show extra effort is a must on South and West sides

CST Editorial Board, Chicago Sun Times | Posted on December 28, 2020

a physician with a clipboard hands a piece of paper to an off-camera patient

The Provider Perspective: Can Cost-of-Care Screening Work in Clinical Settings?

Gwen Darien and Chris Wilson, MA, MS | Posted on December 11, 2020

Close-up medical syringe with a vaccine.

How soon are you immune to the coronavirus after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine?

Dina Bair/WGN, Katharin Czink/WGN | Posted on December 10, 2020

Dr. Richard Novak’s lab. Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, at the College of Medicine. (Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)

UIC opens second COVID-19 vaccine trial

Jacqueline Carey, UIC News Bureau | Posted on December 08, 2020

Bonnie Blue speaks virtually at a State of Illinois press conference

“I’m here”: Chicagoan joins Pritzker to emphasize importance of COVID-19 vaccine

Mike Miletich, ABC News 3 WSIL | Posted on December 08, 2020

Stroger Hospital nurse Falguni Dave would like to see more data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. Courtesy of Mark Black/Sun-Times

COVID-19 vaccines will be offered first to health care workers. But do they want them?

Brett Chase, Chicago Sun Times | Posted on December 08, 2020

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The Virus Is Devastating the U.S., and Leaving an Uneven Toll

By Manny Fernandez, Julie Bosman, Amy Harmon, Danielle Ivory and Mitch Smith, New York Times | Posted on December 05, 2020

mayor Lori lightfoot speaks at a press conference

Lightfoot announces $8 million investment in mental health, City mental health centers

Mallory Cheng, Gazette Chicago | Posted on December 03, 2020

a line of people await COVID tests in Chicago's Little Village

Social Distancing Is A Privilege — And More Black And Latino Chicagoans Died Because They Couldn’t, Study Says

Kelly Bauer, Block Club Chicago | Posted on December 03, 2020

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Can we make bones heal faster?

Jacqueline Carey, UIC News Bureau | Posted on December 03, 2020

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Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing had higher COVID-19 death rates

Sharon Parmet, UIC News Bureau | Posted on December 03, 2020

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Announcing the 2020-2022 Pilot Grant Awardees

Posted on November 30, 2020