Scientists at the University of Chicago have come up with an intriguing potential treatment to combat cocaine and alcohol addictions—a skin graft genetically altered to release molecules that curb the craving for those ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Having a tough time being around people without masks again? That's not surprising, considering how our brains work, says Abigail Hardin, Ph.D., a psychologist and assistant professor at Rush University Medical Center.
Mar 15, 2022
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Black and Hispanic people with acute myeloid leukemia in greater Chicago were more likely to die from the disease than their non-Hispanic white counterparts, with a 59% and 25% greater risk, respectively, according to a new ...
Mar 7, 2022
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People around the world breathed cleaner air after the economy ground to a halt during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
Jan 21, 2022
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As the super-contagious Omicron variant sweeps Chicago, pushing case count graphs vertical, some people who assumed they were safe from infection after they got their vaccines are entering a new psychological stage of the ...
Jan 13, 2022
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On Dec. 1, the first U.S. case of the new COVID-19 variant, omicron, was detected in northern California, less than a week after the World Health Organization deemed it a "variant of concern." The infected individual was ...
Dec 7, 2021
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Chicago health officials on Thursday reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was anticipated and not yet linked to any hospitalizations or deaths.
Aug 12, 2021
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In search of a COVID-19 vaccine for her dad, Amber Dow was hitting one dead end after another.
Feb 23, 2021
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The mayor of Chicago has said the US city's public schools are "safe" and will reopen Monday, despite teachers union calls for them to continue remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Feb 1, 2021
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Data on COVID-19 transmission among Chicago youth - particularly in the city's extensive network of Catholic schools—supports a strategy for gradual reopening of the city's public school system, according to a report in ...
Jan 4, 2021
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