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Aging as a member of the LGBTQ community

Produced by Anna Casey, Illinois Public Media | Posted on October 21, 2021

Provided by Mercury News 2018 photo: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives to pay his respects at the casket of the late former President George H.W. Bush as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Why Powell’s COVID-19 vaccine “breakthrough” infection was deadly

Lisa M. Krieger, MSN | Posted on October 19, 2021

Wearable devices in healthcare, Stock Image

Hot Topic: Telemedicine and Smart Phone Therapy Apps

By Helio | Posted on October 04, 2021

A dentist cleaning the equiment, YAKOBCHUKOLENA / GETTY IMAGES

Get Your Dental Care Back on Track

By Barbara Stepko | Posted on October 01, 2021

A woman taking pill, Stock Image

Hormone replacement therapy not linked to an increased risk of developing dementia, study finds

By Katie Hunt, CNN | Posted on September 30, 2021

Two children playing, Photo by ANI/Representative

Helping teens with disabilities prevent and treat depression, anxiety

By UIC Today | Posted on September 30, 2021

Pregnant women graphic, CDC

Why the CDC is urging pregnant women to get vaccinated

By Yahoo! Finance | Posted on September 30, 2021

Dr. Hana Hinkle and Dr. Michael Glasser

New on the Pod: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Training Rural Health Professionals

Produced by Lauren Rieger | Posted on September 27, 2021

Dr. Alana Biggers. Photo by Joshua Clark

Q&A: The COVID-19 Delta Variant

Katrina Miller, South Side Weekly | Posted on September 24, 2021

The outside of GW building, photo by LILLIAN BAUTISTA

Community members, experts say CCST contact tracing notifications lack details

By Michelle Vassilev | Posted on September 24, 2021

A nurse helping a patient, Adobe Stock

Individual Risk Assessment Ups Mammography in Women at High Risk

By Editorial | Posted on September 22, 2021

Urinary Bladder in 3D, Shutter Stock

Study supports use of single port robotic prostatectomy for large-gland BPH

By Jason M. Broderick, Urology Times | Posted on September 14, 2021

New on the Pod: Academic-community partnerships to improve early intervention

Lauren Rieger | Posted on September 14, 2021

Marc Atkins discusses mental health in urban communities with Public Health America's Dr. William Latimer

Public Health America, BRONXNET Community Broadcasting | Posted on September 13, 2021

doctor tara Mehta

Tara Mehta, co-authors make dissemination and implementation recommendations to national and local NCATS leaders

Tara G. Mehta, Jane Mahoney, Aaron L. Leppin, Kathleen R. Stevens, Reza Yousefi-Nooraie, Brad H. Pollock, Rachel C. Shelton, Rowena Dolor, Harold Pincus, Sapana Patel, and Justin B. Moore | Posted on September 12, 2021

A doctor having a conversation with her patient. Stock Image

Personalized breast cancer risk assessments at primary care up patients’ odds of mammography use

By Marty Stempniak, Radiology Business | Posted on September 10, 2021

doctor Brittany Rudd

Brittany Rudd contributes to framework for teaching the next generation of implementation researchers

Aaron L. Leppin, Ana A. Baumann, Maria E. Fernandez, Brittany N. Rudd, Kathleen R. Stevens, David O. Warner, Bethany M. Kwan, Rachel C. Shelton | Posted on September 10, 2021

A man sitting on a bench. Adobe Stock

Rural setting raises risk for hopelessness in patients with ischemic heart disease

By Brian Ellis, Healio | Posted on September 08, 2021

Two senior illustrations, Adobe Stock

Opioid Overdose Risk Appears Higher in Older Americans

By Staff Editor, Health News Digest | Posted on September 08, 2021

A person experiences extreme heat, iStock

Extreme Heat Has Extreme Health Implications

By Chantelle "Ella" Mendonsa, NRDC | Posted on September 07, 2021

A chart that shows the daily average new COVID-19 cases in the United States, the New York Times

Has the delta variant peaked? COVID-19 data gives glimmer of hope

By Aleksandra Bush, Marni Hughes, Nexstar Media Wire | Posted on September 03, 2021

Dr. Angela Odoms Young

How Communities Facing Food Insecurity Are Creating Equitable Systems

Blair Paddock, WTTW | Posted on August 30, 2021

A group of people drinking alcohol, taken by Jacob Lund/Adobe Stock

Even One Alcoholic Drink May Up Risk for Discrete AFib

By Shalmali Pal, BreakingMED™ | Posted on August 30, 2021

A person performing CPR on a man laying on the ground. Science Photo Library, Getty Images

Cardiac arrest program may improve bystander CPR but not survival in Black people

Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News | Posted on August 25, 2021

President Tim Killeen speaks at the podium outside the Illini Union at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to present 28 individuals with the Presidential Medallion for their leadership in the U of I System’s pandemic response (UI System)

28 receive U of I System honor for leading COVID-19 response

University of Illinois System, Office for University Relations | Posted on August 23, 2021

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Health summit: COVID-19 harder on rural fitness and nutrition

Les O'dell, The Southern | Posted on August 20, 2021

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New study planned to help understand oral health outcomes for children in low-income areas

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on August 18, 2021

Tents for homeless people line a city sidewalk. Photo: 400tmax, Getty Images

How payers, providers are tackling homelessness & extending care access

Anuja Vaidya, MedCity News | Posted on August 15, 2021

a black woman holds her hands on her pregnant belly

UIC researchers awarded $9.9M for Black midwives program

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on August 11, 2021

people at a march for sex workers' rights

Report outlines how to improve healthcare access for sex workers

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on August 06, 2021

Registered nurse Corey Ringhisen prepares to draw blood from Bonita “Bonnie” Blue at UI Health during a vaccine clinical trial led by Dr. Richard Novak at UIC last summer. (Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)

Relax on the extra vax? Experts expect COVID-19 booster shots ‘sooner rather than later’ — but not yet: What you need to know

Mitchell Armentrout, Chicago Sun Times | Posted on August 04, 2021

graphic image of a transparent head with sections of the brain lit up

Obesity and Cardiovascular Factors Combine to Cause Cognitive Decline in Latinos

Dan Bennett and Scott LaFee, UC San Diega News Center | Posted on July 28, 2021

David and Tatyanna Ford hold a photo of their son, Dawson Ford, at their home in Monee. Their son died in utero. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)

Families facing pregnancy loss, other challenges could get more time off in Duckworth, Pressley bill. ‘You can’t get over that in a weekend.’

Jade Yan, Chicago Tribune | Posted on July 23, 2021

Judith Rocha assists her mother, Socorro Rocha, who is coping with Alzheimer's disease, as she heads to sit in the living room at their home in Chicago on July 21, 2021. Latinos face the largest increase in Alzheimer's disease and dementia-related illnesses, according to the National Institute on Aging. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)

Latinos face largest increase in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia-related illnesses, summit to lessen stigma, provide resources

Darcel Rockett and Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune | Posted on July 22, 2021

Blair Rohrbach at her home in Chicago on July 9, 2021. The 37-year-old experiences extreme fatigue, mental fog, vision issues and headaches because of long COVID-19. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Lingering COVID-19 symptoms like brain fog, fatigue and severe migraines have Illinois making plans for long-haulers

Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune | Posted on July 13, 2021

drawing of a head and brain being erased by a pencil

Latinos Have Greater Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s, But Less Likely to Get Help

Paul Caine, WTTW | Posted on July 10, 2021

a hand grips a red ladder ascending into a blue sky

CCTS names 2021-2022 KL2 Scholar & Affiliates

Posted on July 08, 2021

UIC student Terrice Randolph poses with her vaccine card in social media video

Students win prizes in COVID-19 vaccine awareness contest

Nina Dorado, UIC News Bureau | Posted on June 29, 2021

woman napping on her arms surrounded by diabetes medication and devices

Diabetes plus frequent sleep disturbances tied to higher mortality

Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD, Clinical Endocrinology News | Posted on June 28, 2021

Dr. Nahed Ismail discusses data with her research team in the lab. (Photo: Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)

Next-generation sequencing of community-based COVID-19 samples to detect emerging variants

Jacqueline Carey, UIC News Bureau | Posted on June 28, 2021

Eliminating barriers to urban farming and increasing purchasing from BIPOC growers and producers for institutions are among the priorities of the food equity council.

The city’s first food equity council works to feed everyone

Sharon Hoyer, Chicago Reader | Posted on June 21, 2021

delta variant

'If you are unvaccinated, there is a very high risk of you contracting COVID-19 if you come into contact,' with it

Courtesy of Yahoo Finance | Posted on June 18, 2021

Chicago Department of Public Health Releases The State of Health for Blacks in Chicago, the first report of its kind focusing exclusively on the health of Black Chicagoans

Erica Duncan, Chicago Department of Public Health | Posted on June 15, 2021

Illinois Unidos provides COVID-19 information sheets in Spanish and English on its website, IllinoisUnidos.com.

Combating COVID in Latino Communities

Renee Bacher, ACEP Now | Posted on June 15, 2021

Chicago's Lake Shore Drive

Black life expectancy gap in Chicago continues to get worse, report finds

Many Ramos, Chicago Sun Times | Posted on June 15, 2021

Amy Lasek, associate professor of psychiatry and anatomy and cell biology at the UIC College of Medicine.

UIC research identifies potential pathways to treating alcohol use disorder, depression

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

a health worker wearing a mask treats an older masked patient

How wearable AI could help you recover from covid

Rod McCullom, MIT Technology Review | Posted on June 09, 2021

marmosets

New research indicates maternal adult characteristics do not predict stillbirth, early neonatal death

Lori Botterman, UIC News Bureau | Posted on June 09, 2021

MOU for Open Access to Research Core Facilities at the CBC institutions is renewed

Chicago Biomedical Consortium | Posted on June 03, 2021

Tony Marshall waits to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at one of the Chicago Department of Public Health's hyper-local vaccination sites, a converted city bus situated at 69th and Sangamon streets in Chicago on June 3, 2021. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

Reaching people with vaccine hesitancy or limited access: ‘It’s really thinking creatively,’ says UIC team leader on $1.4 million grant

Alison Bowen, Chicago Tribune | Posted on June 02, 2021