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black and white sign reads "Sephora" at storefront.

April 7, 2023

Sephora Sued for Firing Employee Who Declined Vaccination

Ashna Kalra, the plaintiff, claims that she was fired after requesting religious exemption from the requirement to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Mother with child in a backpack, smiling

March 29, 2023

A Nurse’s Tale of Compassion

Dusty Mason had never cared for elderly or sick people nor been around death before she followed a friend's call to work as a nurse's aide in the early 1970s. But 50 years later, with a long career as a registered nurse behind her, Mason is rich in stories from the high-pressure frontline of caregiving.

Gavel sitting on medical textbook in courtroom

March 21, 2023

Future of Abortion Pill May Hinge on West Virginia Lawsuit

A West Virginia lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the state’s abortion ban. It’s the latest in a wave of litigation over abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

March 4, 2023

TikTok Feeds Teen Collaboration and ‘Whole Health’ Initiative

Teens "see the nexus between mental health, social determinants, adverse childhood experiences, and pressures created by social media and world events that lead to self-medication or misuse of substances."

January 24, 2023

Life Expectancy Between Two Chicago Neighborhoods Reveals Years of Systemic Racism

But the pride isn’t perfect, and neither is Chicago. Two neighborhoods, just nine miles apart, have vastly different tones. Englewood, a predominantly Black, impoverished neighborhood, and the Gold Coast, a mostly white, wealthy neighborhood, are separated not only by the towering steel skyscrapers of the Loop but also by a startling 30-year gap in life expectancy.