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Annette Prince, top, looks for dead and injured migratory birds on May 11, 2022. She is the director of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, a volunteer group that collects dead birds and helps to get injured birds care.

Lights out, eyes open. The annual bird migration has begun. Birding pros offer hope and advice.

May 12, 2022 at 9:56 a.m.

Peggy Stenger casually admits to having a freezer of dead birds. The Cleveland native, who lives in the South Loop and works in the Loop, collects the creatures when she...

Nicole Marwell, left, and Nick Feamster speak at the inaugural Data Science Institute Summit at the University of Chicago on May 9, 2022.

University of Chicago’s Data Science Institute comes forward with years of research on internet equity; the reality isn’t good for those living on South, West sides

May 10, 2022 at 11:07 a.m.

From COVID-19 vaccines to the agriculture industry, from mental health wellness to the city of Chicago's Year of Healing, equity is a term at the forefront on many societal fronts....

Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, on Feb. 22.

Chicago expected to reach ‘medium’ COVID-19 risk soon; city’s top doctor says mask rules could return if ‘high’ level reached

May 3, 2022 at 7:09 p.m.

Chicago's public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said Tuesday that she anticipates the city's COVID-19 risk could jump from "low" to "medium" levels as early as Friday, following the raised...

Jayline Pérez es coordinadora de programas en Rush Education and Career Hub.

Programa atrae a jóvenes de color a la atención médica más temprano que tarde

April 29, 2022 at 10:28 a.m.

Jayline Pérez, de 21 años, se graduó tres semestres antes de lo previsto en la Universidad Roosevelt en diciembre de 2021. Como sus padres y abuelos sólo habían ido a...

Phillip Hanks with his family as he's recognized in the office of Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on April 26, 2022, on the anniversary of Hanks receiving five organs in a simultaneous transplant.

Phillip Hanks celebrates his transplant-aversary with 5 new organs

April 28, 2022 at 5:27 a.m.

One year ago, Phillip Hanks was enduring the first of two surgeries. One was almost eight hours to give him a new intestine, stomach, liver and pancreas. The following day,...

Jayline Perez is a program coordinator with the Rush Education and Career Hub, aka REACH.

Rush University Medical Center’s REACH program is bringing youth of color into health care sooner rather than later

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

Jayline Perez, 21, graduated three semesters early from Roosevelt University in December 2021. With her parents and grandparents only having gone through school as far as elementary school, she credits...

Kim Peavler, a regional block nurse at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, is working on a video project for a mindfulness program that is culturally appropriate for Black women.

Meet Kim Peavler, a Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital nurse making space for Black women with a mindfulness program that connects culture and presence

April 26, 2022 at 10:06 a.m.

You'd think more than 20 years into a chosen career, not many things can surprise. That's not the case with Kim Peavler, an anesthesiology nurse at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage...

An attendee in silhouette sips her cocktail during "The Queen's Ball: A Bridgerton Experience" at XS Tennis and Education Foundation, April 21, 2022, in Chicago.

The ‘Bridgerton Experience’ has arrived in Chicago’s South Side and it is a regal, dress-up affair

April 26, 2022 at 3:40 p.m.

If Kentucky Derby fashion had a baby with a 2022 prom season you would have a style baby prime for "The Queen's Ball: A Bridgerton Experience." Sit with that for...

Triviality podcast host Neal Fischer has penned his first book,"Being Patrick Swayze: Essential Teachings from the Master of the Mullet." The book is a humorous illustrated guide to the essential teachings of 80s and 90s pop culture icon and legacy, Patrick Swayze, with movie quotes, trivia, essays, exercises, games, activities, and quizzes.

Suburban author pens illustrated homage to Patrick Swayze with ‘Essential Teachings from the Master of the Mullet’

April 26, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner." Is there anyone on the planet who doesn't know the famous line Patrick Swayze's character Johnny Castle utters in the 1987 movie "Dirty Dancing?"...

Dr. Melissa Simmons, of Illinois Unidos, during the discussion, April 25, 2022, at Phalanx Family Services in West Pullman.

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.

April 26, 2022 at 10:38 a.m.

Follow the numbers. We knew that residents in certain ZIP codes lived shorter lives than others in different ZIP codes within the same city. (An NYU School of Medicine 2019...

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