Emergency medicine physicians — who have among the highest burnout rates of any specialty, according to the American Medical ...

Chicago had the worst air quality in the world this past July. As extreme weather events become more common, researchers are ...

For Barb Gargano, Walk for Hope is a chance to celebrate progress and help create possibilities for future patients ...

Chicago baseball fans don’t need a reminder of how brutal this year has been on pitching arms. The Cubs lost top starter Cade Horton to a season-ending torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) after just ...

A mother and daughter traveled from their home on Chicago’s South Side to Humboldt Park earlier today — not to ride the swan boats in the lagoon or to go bird watching along the trails, but so that ...

Victoria Bell of Washington Park, a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, was navigating a painful divorce and supporting two children on her own when she resolved to build a better future for her ...

Stay inside as much as possible, experts warn, as Chicago fills with smoke from Canadian wildfires. Children, senior citizens, and people with preexisting conditions are especially at risk from this ...

U.S. medical school enrollment hit an all-time high in 2025, topping 100,000 students for the first time, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Yet difficulty securing ...

People are increasingly noticing shorter primary care appointment times. And David Liss, PhD, a researcher at Northwestern University, has been studying the trend. Liss and colleagues compared ...

Mount Sinai Hospital on Chicago’s West Side is bright and busy early on a Thursday morning. People stream through the entrance. Security guards greet regulars and hand out badges to visitors. This is ...

Her new book, Charlie’s Anatomical Adventure: The Heart, follows a young girl and a red blood cell named Mr. Red on a journey through the heart’s chambers. Breckling was inspired by a 2024 report from ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new option for cervical cancer screening: self-collected vaginal swabs. People who can’t — or prefer not to — undergo a pelvic exam can now collect ...