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Matthew Erickson and his dad, Ben, goof around while waiting for his next doctor's appointment Aug. 16, 2012, at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago. Matthew had an MRI that day to help assess where to go next with his treatment for brain cancer.

Born with a rare brain tumor, ‘miracle child’ Matthew Erickson turns 10, against all odds. ‘I’m a pretty lucky guy.’

February 19, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Matthew Erickson hugs and high-fives the numerous clinicians examining him at his 10-year checkup — a milestone that seemed unfathomable a decade ago, when he was born with a rare...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Vaccination during pregnancy helps protect babies from COVID-19, according to CDC study

February 17, 2022 at 4:48 p.m.

While pregnant, Stephanie Bähr received three doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine — the initial two-dose regimen and a booster shot — hoping to pass along antibodies to her unborn...

Students arrive wearing masks to Kozminski Community Academy in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood on Feb. 7, 2022. Schools are not included in the statewide lifting of the mask mandate effective at the end of February.

Pandemic endgame: As Illinois aims to ease masking restrictions, experts weigh in on the right time to return to normalcy

February 10, 2022 at 8:43 a.m.

As Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday announced plans to lift most state indoor masking requirements by the end of the month, medical experts and Illinois residents remained divided on the...

Juan-Elias Riesco, center, son of the owners of Nini's Deli, with staff and customers at the West Town deli on Feb. 2, 2022.

Nini’s Deli – embattled for allegedly homophobic, anti-Black Lives Matters messaging – has been cited for violating the city’s vaccine mandate

February 3, 2022 at 9:27 a.m.

No stranger to controversy, the deli's Facebook page has posts about empanadas and guava cupcakes intermingled with political messages such as "Defund Planned Parenthood" and "our pronouns are Christian and...

People attend a vespers service at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral on Jan. 26, 2022, in Chicago. The Pope has designated Wednesday as a day of prayer for peace in Ukraine following increased Russian aggression along the Ukraine border.

Prayers for Ukraine: Chicago’s Ukrainian Americans express support, fear for loved ones overseas amid Russia standoff

January 27, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Julian Hayda of the Edgewater neighborhood had planned this weekend to fly back to Ukraine, where he's been living since August while attending a seminary in Kyiv. But the 29-year-old...

Jennifer Welch, president of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, speaks to abortion rights activists during a demonstration at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Dec. 1, 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case challenging Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban.

Nearly 10,000 women traveled from out of state to have an abortion in Illinois in 2020 — a 29% increase

January 25, 2022 at 11:39 a.m.

Nearly 10,000 women traveled from out of state to have an abortion in Illinois in 2020, a roughly 29% increase compared with the previous year, according to the most recent...

The Regional Logistics Center is operated jointly by Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Hope Clinic for Women, seen in June 2019, a clinic in Granite City, Illinois.

With Roe v. Wade at risk, Illinois abortion providers open center to help out-of-state patients with travel and other resources

January 21, 2022 at 4:32 p.m.

Each year, thousands of women cross state lines to have an abortion in Illinois — and that number could grow exponentially as pending U.S. Supreme Court decisions and new laws...

A Center for COVID Control location is closed in Des Plaines on Jan. 14, 2022. The Minnesota attorney general's office announced Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the company and its Illinois-based lab, Doctors Clinical Laboratory Inc.

Fraudulent ‘pop-up’ COVID testing centers are rampant. Here are 8 tips to help protect against phony clinics and testing scams.

January 20, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Tricia Poreda recently walked inside a COVID-19 testing center on the city's Northwest Side and was immediately appalled by the facility's lack of basic health and safety protocols. Employees collecting...

Rubi Carmona, de 21 años, muestra un set de uñas a una clienta en el Mermaid Spa en el barrio Pilsen de Chicago el 7 de enero de 2022. Carmona y su madre, Nereida Aparicio, abrieron el spa en enero de 2020 al comienzo de la pandemia. 'Casi sentimos que estamos volviendo al principio, y nos obliga a pensar en lo que haríamos a continuación', dijo Carmona. '¿Sobreviviremos?'.

‘Pensamos que era la luz al final del túnel’. La ansiedad y la fatiga pandémica aumentan en medio de la última oleada de covid

January 10, 2022 at 11:42 a.m.

Al igual que muchos estadounidenses cansados de COVID, Kyle Hopwood pensó que la pandemia disminuía durante el verano, a medida que bajaba el número de casos de virus en el...

Ian and Liza Papautsky, with their daughter Sasha, 8, prepare a dinner at home on Jan. 6, 2022, in the western suburbs.

‘We thought we saw the light at the end of the tunnel.’ Anxiety and pandemic fatigue are spiking amid latest COVID surge.

January 9, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Like so many COVID-weary Americans, Kyle Hopwood thought the pandemic was winding down over the summer, as virus case counts in the Chicago area waned and life seemed to inch...

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