CHICAGO (WLS) Chicago has improved the percentage of COVID-19 vaccine administered to Chicagoans of color, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Dr. Allison Arwady gave an update Friday morning on how vaccine distribution is going in Chicago.
Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Public Health announced significant improvement in the percentage of vaccine administered to Chicagoans of color. These improvements are the result of the work the city has been doing with many community partners, including through the Racial Equity Rapid Response Team (RERRT) and its Protect Chicago Plus initiative.
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CHICAGO (WLS) Medical images can reveal COVID-19 s long-term damage on patients muscles, nerves, joints, bones and other soft tissues, and the imaging can lead to better-guided treatment for patients, according to a new medical study released Wednesday.
The new Northwestern University study, published Feb. 17 in the journal Skeletal Radiology, detailed how various types of imaging including ultrasounds, x-rays, MRIs, and CT scans, can confirm how the body attacks itself. What we have found is that in some patients with COVID-19, the virus triggers an autoimmune reaction. In other words, the virus tricks the body into attacking itself, said Dr. Swati Deshmukh, author and an assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
CHICAGO (WLS) To celebrate Ash Wednesday 2021, churches got creative with cotton swabs, sprinkling and outdoor services to stay safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Usually ashes are applied by hand to the forehead, but this year at Holy Name Cathedral safety measures included hand sanitizer, face masks and no physical contact. Ashes today will not be imposed on the forehead as we usually do, said Bishop Robert Casey. Rather, they will be sprinkled upon the head of each person.
Sprinkling ashes is one of the method approved by the Archdiocese of Chicago. Stations were set up both inside the church and out throughout the day where people could receive ashes.
CHICAGO Medical images can reveal COVID-19 s long-term damage on patients muscles, nerves, joints, bones and other soft tissues, and the imaging can lead to better-guided treatment for patients, according to a new medical study released Wednesday.
The new Northwestern University study, published Feb. 17 in the journal Skeletal Radiology, detailed how various types of imaging including ultrasounds, x-rays, MRIs, and CT scans, can confirm how the body attacks itself. What we have found is that in some patients with COVID-19, the virus triggers an autoimmune reaction. In other words, the virus tricks the body into attacking itself, said Dr. Swati Deshmukh, author and an assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.