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What does food insecurity mean? Food desert? Here's a quick reference.
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What does food insecurity mean? Food desert? Here's a quick reference.
For Ariella Wilson, a dietitian nutritionist in Chicago, the gut microbiome is an inner universe. Instead of stars and planets, it contains trillions of bacteria, fungi, and microbes that help digest food, fight illness, and regulate mood. chicagohealthonline.com/nutrition-at...
Nutrition at a Glance
What you eat plays a big role in everything from energy and metabolism to mood, sleep, and fertility. Diet, sleep, and exercise constantly shape our microbiome.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For Ariella Wilson, a dietitian nutritionist in Chicago, the gut microbiome is an inner universe. Instead of stars and planets, it contains trillions of bacteria, fungi, and microbes that help digest food, fight illness, and regulate mood. chicagohealthonline.com/nutrition-at...
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For people in need of food help this month, @chicagohealth.bsky.social put together a list of local mutual aid groups, food pantries, and restaurants offering free/discounted meals: chicagohealthonline.com/its-been-rea...
"It's Been Really Stressful" - Chicago Health
With SNAP funding in jeopardy, Greater Chicago Food Depository sounds alarm on food access.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For people in need of food help this month, @chicagohealth.bsky.social put together a list of local mutual aid groups, food pantries, and restaurants offering free/discounted meals: chicagohealthonline.com/its-been-rea...
“We took care of our patients so well. It’s not our fault.”
“These billionaires think they can buy anything, but they come in here & destroy our neighborhood,” said one woman as Weiss Memorial closed. The safety net hospital served an immigrant & senior population, with 87% of its 2024 income from Medicare, Medicaid. chicagohealthonline.com/how-did-this...
"How Did This Happen?" - Chicago Health
Anger, confusion, and sadness take root among community in the early days of Weiss Memorial Hospital’s closure.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“We took care of our patients so well. It’s not our fault.”
How the Dietary Guidelines for America come to be and how they stand to impact Americans’ health: chicagohealthonline.com/healthy-plat...
Healthy Plates - Chicago Health
How the Dietary Guidelines for America come to be and how they stand to impact Americans’ health.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
How the Dietary Guidelines for America come to be and how they stand to impact Americans’ health: chicagohealthonline.com/healthy-plat...
The controversy brewing behind RFK Jr.’s national autism registry and data initiative: chicagohealthonline.com/rfk-jr-autis...
Privacy vs. Public Health - Chicago Health
The controversy brewing behind RFK Jr.’s national autism registry and data initiative.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The controversy brewing behind RFK Jr.’s national autism registry and data initiative: chicagohealthonline.com/rfk-jr-autis...
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Medicaid covers 83 million people, including +60% of nursing home residents, 20% of assisted living facility residents, and half of long-term care residents.
Yet many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by so many nicknames - via @chicagohealth.bsky.social
Yet many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by so many nicknames - via @chicagohealth.bsky.social
Medicaid's Many Names - Chicago Health
Many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by different names in different states. Here's the name for Medicaid in each state.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Medicaid covers 83 million people, including +60% of nursing home residents, 20% of assisted living facility residents, and half of long-term care residents.
Yet many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by so many nicknames - via @chicagohealth.bsky.social
Yet many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by so many nicknames - via @chicagohealth.bsky.social
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July 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Medicaid's Many Names - Chicago Health
Many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by different names in different states. Here's the name for Medicaid in each state.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Many Medicaid recipients don’t realize they’re enrolled because the program goes by different names in different states. chicagohealthonline.com/medicaid-man... by @katiehappens.bsky.social
“I work almost 60 hours a week, and I still can’t afford to put food on the table. The myth that you have to work really hard in order to make a living is just not true.”
Healthcare workers gather near Trump Tower to protest the largest Medicaid cuts in history under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Healthcare workers gather near Trump Tower to protest the largest Medicaid cuts in history under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Funding Cuts Outrage - Chicago Health
SEIU healthcare and home care workers protest Big Beautiful Bill Act's cuts to Medicaid: ‘It’s not a luxury; it’s a necessity’
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July 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“I work almost 60 hours a week, and I still can’t afford to put food on the table. The myth that you have to work really hard in order to make a living is just not true.”
Healthcare workers gather near Trump Tower to protest the largest Medicaid cuts in history under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Healthcare workers gather near Trump Tower to protest the largest Medicaid cuts in history under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
University of Chicago professor shares realities of the “Big Beautiful Bill” healthcare impacts on Medicaid and the ACA: chicagohealthonline.com/medicaid-aca...
Q&A: Federal Cuts to Medicaid, ACA - Chicago Health
With Congress' vote to cut funding for Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps (SNAP), and the ACA, millions of Americans — particularly low-income families and children — may see critical support scaled back...
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July 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
University of Chicago professor shares realities of the “Big Beautiful Bill” healthcare impacts on Medicaid and the ACA: chicagohealthonline.com/medicaid-aca...
NIH funding cuts are putting rare disease research — and lives — at risk. For Milan Afshar, a young Chicagoan living with stiff-person syndrome, life turned upside down after his clinical trial abruptly ended.
This isn’t just a budget issue. It’s a human one. Read the full story:
This isn’t just a budget issue. It’s a human one. Read the full story:
Life After the Cut - Chicago Health
Patients with rare diseases like stiff-person syndrome grapple with uncertainty amid NIH funding cuts.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
NIH funding cuts are putting rare disease research — and lives — at risk. For Milan Afshar, a young Chicagoan living with stiff-person syndrome, life turned upside down after his clinical trial abruptly ended.
This isn’t just a budget issue. It’s a human one. Read the full story:
This isn’t just a budget issue. It’s a human one. Read the full story:
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One of the vaccines on that schedule? Polio.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/here...
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Without Polio Vaccines, How Quickly Will the Disease Return?
Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving vaccines are revoked under the new administration
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June 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
One of the vaccines on that schedule? Polio.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/here...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/here...
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RFK ousted the vaccine advisory committee (ACIP). What are the chances he'll fill it w/ anti-vaxxers who change the immunization schedule, prompting insurers not to cover vaccines? Here's how the vaccine process typically works: chicagohealthonline.com/whos-in-char... cc: @chicagohealth.bsky.social
Who’s In Charge?
Although local health departments set vaccine requirements, the federal government plays a significant role in development and approval
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June 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
RFK ousted the vaccine advisory committee (ACIP). What are the chances he'll fill it w/ anti-vaxxers who change the immunization schedule, prompting insurers not to cover vaccines? Here's how the vaccine process typically works: chicagohealthonline.com/whos-in-char... cc: @chicagohealth.bsky.social
Read our 2024 award-winning stories and latest recognitions! We’re excited to share the honors that @caregivingmag.bsky.social and @chicagohealth.bsky.social have received this past year for outstanding work. Congratulations to all, and please enjoy! chicagohealthonline.com/awards-fello...
Award Season - Chicago Health
Read our 2024 award-winning stories and latest recognitions
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June 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Read our 2024 award-winning stories and latest recognitions! We’re excited to share the honors that @caregivingmag.bsky.social and @chicagohealth.bsky.social have received this past year for outstanding work. Congratulations to all, and please enjoy! chicagohealthonline.com/awards-fello...
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Incredibly timely for older Americans and those who love them or hope to someday be them, with suggested actions for Wed., 3/28.
Cuts to the Older Americans Act risk fall-prevention programs, respite care, adult protective services, and more.
How we treat older adults reflects who we are as a society — and previews the future we're building for ourselves. @caregivingmag.bsky.social
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How we treat older adults reflects who we are as a society — and previews the future we're building for ourselves. @caregivingmag.bsky.social
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Op-Ed: Don't Blow Out the Candles on the Older Americans Act
Speak up during an Older Americans Act day of action to protect our future
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May 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Incredibly timely for older Americans and those who love them or hope to someday be them, with suggested actions for Wed., 3/28.
As infections and low egg supplies persist, avian flu remains an unpredictable health concern: chicagohealthonline.com/bird-flu-fli...
Bird Flu's Flight - Chicago Health
As infections and low egg supplies persist, avian flu remains an unpredictable health concern.
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May 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
As infections and low egg supplies persist, avian flu remains an unpredictable health concern: chicagohealthonline.com/bird-flu-fli...
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Older Venezuelans in the U.S. struggle with shifting immigration policies: chicagocaregiving.com/ongoing-fear... My latest story for @chicagohealth.bsky.social
Ongoing Fear
Older Venezuelans in the U.S. struggle with shifting immigration policies.
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May 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Older Venezuelans in the U.S. struggle with shifting immigration policies: chicagocaregiving.com/ongoing-fear... My latest story for @chicagohealth.bsky.social
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In a landmark shift for retail pharmacy, private equity firm Sycamore Partners will purchase Walgreens Boots Alliance for $10 billion later this year, with potential to pay $23.7 billion once all costs are factored in. The deal takes Walgreens private for the first time in nearly a century.
Walgreens Goes Private
What private equity ownership means for Walgreens, healthcare access, and pharmacy services.
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April 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
In a landmark shift for retail pharmacy, private equity firm Sycamore Partners will purchase Walgreens Boots Alliance for $10 billion later this year, with potential to pay $23.7 billion once all costs are factored in. The deal takes Walgreens private for the first time in nearly a century.
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So proud of our latest @chicagohealth.bsky.social. Here's my editor's letter, starting here and continuing in the comments:
I’ve been thinking back to those early days of Covid-19, what it was like to be a journalist then. Every day brought something new.
I’ve been thinking back to those early days of Covid-19, what it was like to be a journalist then. Every day brought something new.
April 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So proud of our latest @chicagohealth.bsky.social. Here's my editor's letter, starting here and continuing in the comments:
I’ve been thinking back to those early days of Covid-19, what it was like to be a journalist then. Every day brought something new.
I’ve been thinking back to those early days of Covid-19, what it was like to be a journalist then. Every day brought something new.
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Thanks for the shout-out, @chicagohealth.bsky.social !
April 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thanks for the shout-out, @chicagohealth.bsky.social !
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MD vs. DO: What's the difference? Quite a bit actually! (Though, in my experience, it depends on the specialty.) An interesting history in our latest issue of @chicagohealth.bsky.social: chicagohealthonline.com/md-do-what-k...
MD, DO – What Kind of Doctor is This? - Chicago Health
Exploring the differences between allopathy and osteopathic medicine.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
MD vs. DO: What's the difference? Quite a bit actually! (Though, in my experience, it depends on the specialty.) An interesting history in our latest issue of @chicagohealth.bsky.social: chicagohealthonline.com/md-do-what-k...
Nutrition advice is rife with misinformation − a medical education specialist explains how to tell valid health information from pseudoscience.
Nutrition Misinformation - Chicago Health
Nutrition advice is rife with misinformation − a medical education specialist explains how to tell valid health information
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April 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nutrition advice is rife with misinformation − a medical education specialist explains how to tell valid health information from pseudoscience.
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Measles update: 607 cases across 21 states as of Friday.
3 confirmed deaths as of this morning.
“The best thing you can do is make sure you and your family are protected,” a local infectious disease doctor told @chicagohealth.bsky.social. “Measles is preventable — if people get vaccinated.”
3 confirmed deaths as of this morning.
“The best thing you can do is make sure you and your family are protected,” a local infectious disease doctor told @chicagohealth.bsky.social. “Measles is preventable — if people get vaccinated.”
Measles Misery - Chicago Health
As the once-eliminated respiratory virus spreads across the U.S., health experts encourage measles vaccination in Chicago.
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April 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Measles update: 607 cases across 21 states as of Friday.
3 confirmed deaths as of this morning.
“The best thing you can do is make sure you and your family are protected,” a local infectious disease doctor told @chicagohealth.bsky.social. “Measles is preventable — if people get vaccinated.”
3 confirmed deaths as of this morning.
“The best thing you can do is make sure you and your family are protected,” a local infectious disease doctor told @chicagohealth.bsky.social. “Measles is preventable — if people get vaccinated.”
Five years since the beginning of Covid-19, new epidemics such as bird flu are emerging worldwide, and researchers are still finding it difficult to access the data about people’s deaths that they need to develop lifesaving interventions.
Health Data Hunt - Chicago Health
5 years on, true counts of Covid-19 deaths remain elusive − and research is hobbled by lack of data
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April 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Five years since the beginning of Covid-19, new epidemics such as bird flu are emerging worldwide, and researchers are still finding it difficult to access the data about people’s deaths that they need to develop lifesaving interventions.