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Illinois House Majority Leader Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) led a community discussion Wednesday on the status of state environmental bills at the Evanston Public Library. The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, which Gabel co-sponsored in 2021, sets a state goal of 100% clean energy by 2050. In 2022, renewable energy made up 14% of Illinois’ energy...
Each year at this time, Evanston seniors find their mailboxes filled with glossy ads, urging them to sign up for Medicare Advantage during the open enrollment period. Aged celebrities such as Joe Namath and William Shatner push it on the cable channels. But how many really know what Medicare Advantage (MA) is and how it is affecting our healthcare system?
In his final community forum, Mayor Steve Hagerty lauded the efforts of Evanston’s Public Health Department and residents’ compliance in fighting COVID-19 at Thursday’s virtual Coronavirus Q&A. Hagerty, city officials and volunteers answered questions sent in before the event by members of the community. From the outset Evanston’s mayor said he was proud of how the city handled the virus. “Evanston is comparatively doing much better than a lot of our neighbors,” Hagerty said. “There is a lot to be proud of in a very difficult time. In Evanston, we did contact tracing from da...
April 9, 2021 Tumor gene profiling is a tool that can help patients with a cancer diagnosis make informed decisions about treatment. In predominantly white populations, among men with early stage, favorable-risk prostate cancer, these tools have been shown to increase patient acceptance of active surveillance — a common, evidence-based approach to monitor the tumor before a more aggressive treatment, like surgery or radiation. However, a new study from researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago and Northwestern University shows that in a predominantly Black, urban patient popu...