How climate change is creating a new era of pandemics
Forced to share shrinking habitats, wild animals are increasingly meeting and exchanging viruses that could easily jump to humans.
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CPS launches suicide prevention and mental health campaign
The initiative is in response to the rise in depression, anxiety and suicide among U.S. children and teens.
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How a sponge could help clean up microplastics in Chicago and the Great Lakes
A team of Northwestern University engineers created a coating that, when applied to sponges, traps pollutants found in water.
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Why the best prices on summer produce could be at your neighborhood farmers’ market
It’s been a doozy of a year for commercial farmers. But organic farmers said they’ve been largely insulated from world events – and their prices will be competitive this spring and summer.
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Chicago infectious disease specialist says to mask indoors
Both Chicago and Cook County are now at “medium” risk for COVID-19.
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A Michigan law from 1931 would make abortion a felony if Roe falls
The law could put doctors, and even patients, in prison for up to four years. And the state’s attorney general says she can’t stop local prosecutors from enforcing it.
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New Illinois initiative aims to improve children’s behavioral health services
The plan builds on the Pritzker administration’s increased funding for child welfare and wellbeing.
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Changing COVID rules put strain on child care providers, families
Shifting day care rules and the delayed arrival of a vaccine for kids under 5 are putting a heavy load on child care providers.
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The return to normal marches on, leaving behind the exhausted caretakers of young kids
With no vaccine and cases rising again, parents and the child care centers that support them are navigating another confusing COVID moment on their own.
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Amazon could stall unions for years by fighting in court
The labor battle continues between Amazon and its workers in New York. What happens if the tech giant fights the unionizing effort in court?
