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It is undeniable: Racism is a public health crisis.

As members and leaders from many of Chicago’s healthcare organizations addressing the disproportionate black and brown mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic, we say without hesitation that Black Lives Matter. No ...

CNN Tonight With Don Lemon

Barbara Shields Johnson, director of nursing at The Loretto Hospital in Chicago, explains why she believes it was important for her as a person of color to publicly receive the Covid-19 vaccine. “There’s a ...

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1st Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines in Chicago administered at Loretto Hospital

CHICAGO (WLS) -- History was made in Chicago Tuesday after the first COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer in Chicago were administered at Loretto Hospital on the West Side. The hospital was chosen because of the care it has ...

The Latest: Kansas mayor resigns over mask mandate threats

KANSAS — A western Kansas mayor announced Tuesday that she is resigning, effective immediately, because of threats she has received after she publicly supported a mask mandate. Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw ...