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Advocate Health Care to make $1B investment on Chicago’s South Side

Site Editor - December 18, 2024

Together with faith and community leaders, elected officials, physicians and nurses, Advocate Health Care announced today that it will invest $1B to expand access...

iHeartMedia Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Radiothon Raises Over $1 Million for Pediatric Care

Site Editor - December 9, 2024

Photo Credit: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago via Facebook iHeartMedia Chicago recently announced that “Lurie Children’s Radiothon” raised over $1 million...

Is Our Food System Safe?

Word In Black - December 6, 2024

A rash of food-borne illnesses and recalls in the last five months — including a listeria outbreak in cucumbers — has consumers and experts...

Cook County Launches Free Doula Care Initiative to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis

Staff Report - December 5, 2024

Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle (Photo Courtesy of Cook County Gov't.). In a groundbreaking move to address the...

State Fire Marshal Provides Thanksgiving Fire Safety Tips: Avoid Cooking Disasters This Holiday

Staff Report - November 27, 2024

Photo Credit: Getty Images Signature While Thanksgiving is known as the one holiday that families get together, it also has a more dubious and unfortunate...

Former Bear Chris Draft’s Fight Against Lung Cancer and Fulfilling His Wife’s Last Wish

Tacuma Roeback, Managing Editor - November 27, 2024

Former NFL player Chris Draft transforms grief into action. On Thanksgiving Eve, he honors his late wife by raising awareness for lung cancer through...

Cook County Clerk-Elect Monica Gordon Launches Blood Drive to Combat Shortages in Minority Communities

Staff Report - November 24, 2024

Monica Gordon, Cook County Clerk-Elect, blood drive, minority communities, Chicago blood shortages, Roseland Hospital, Sickle cell disease, Black blood donors, healthcare disparities, Thanksgiving blood...

COLUMN: Navigating Father Wounds As A Black Man In America

Special Contributor - November 10, 2024

Art Credit: Robert H. Marshall Jr. By Robert H. Marshall Jr. At the Waymaker Black Male Leadership Summit, Chicago was alive with Black excellence. I had the...

TCA Health Breaks Ground on New Nutrition and Wellness Center in Altgeld Gardens

Staff Report - November 8, 2024

Photo Credit: TCA Health, Inc. NFP/Facebook On Thursday (Nov. 7), TCA Health broke ground on a new Nutrition and Wellness Center in the Altgeld Gardens/Riverdale...

Gift of Hope Hosts Community Open House at Historic Jackie D. Lynch Building

Marshelle Sanders - November 1, 2024

Jack D. Lynch, retired Senior Advisor at Gift of Hope (Photo Credit: Marshelle Sanders). The Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network, alongside community...