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Meanwhile, suburban Cook County will join the rest of the state outside Chicago in expanding coronavirus vaccine eligibility Monday to everyone 16 and older as the state makes 150,000 appointments for first doses available for next week at mass vaccination sites and pharmacies in the suburbs.
Most of Illinois’ 101 other counties already have expanded eligibility to everyone old enough to receive the vaccine, but the city of Chicago, which gets its own supply from the federal government, isn’t following suit until April 19, the most recent deadline President Joe Biden set for universal adult eligibility.
Women saw alarmingly high rates of mental health issues at start of COVID • Suburban Cook to expand vaccine eligibility • Prior authorizations still leading to delayed care
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Women saw alarmingly high rates of mental health issues at start of COVID • Suburban Cook to expand vaccine eligibility • Prior authorizations still leading to delayed care
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WOMEN HAD HIGH RATE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AT START OF PANDEMIC: Women had higher rates of anxiety and depression at the beginning of the pandemic last year, according to a new study from UChicago Medicine.
Telehealth appointment saves manâs life
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CHICAGO, IL â The use of telehealth appointments during the pandemic has ushered in a new dawn of virtual care. States have eased restrictions and providers have boosted staff to handle the increase in online care. But itâs not just routine appointments anymore. Sometimes they provide the first stages of emergency care, and for one man, it literally saved his life.
While hiding out during the pandemic at his cabin in Michiganâs upper peninsula, Jack Crowe started feeling ill.
âI just felt a little something in my neck and I, all of a sudden, I felt like I had a chest cold,â he said.
Why UChicago business students are learning about global health
Apr 9, 2021 Booth course and initiative foster interdisciplinary collaboration with UChicago Medicine
We often think of global health as something vast, but Prof. Olufunmilayo Olopade wants us to realize that impacting global health can be a local endeavor.
“We need to create new models for reaching the unreached: It doesn’t matter where they are,” she said.
This is one of the forces that guides Olopade’s work from her entrepreneurship, to the new class she launched with her husband, Prof. Christopher Sola Olopade. The two University of Chicago physicians realized that many health care scenarios can benefit from someone with business acumen, while most entrepreneurs lack connections to medical expertise.
The Chicago Bulls players were poked! No, not like that weird old Facebook thing, but poked with the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to The Athletic, “nearly a dozen” Bulls players received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine prior to the team’s journey to Indianapolis for last night’s matchup with the Pacers. The team is currently on their longest road trip of the season, which consists of five games.
The organization provided a statement to The Athletic, confirming they worked with the City of Chicago and Rush University Medical Center to administer the vaccines. They also shared that they look forward to working with both groups to help “support an upcoming vaccine advocacy campaign.”