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Ninety-Three Percent of LHL Patients Living with HIV/AIDS Have Suppressed Viral Load
Erie Family Health Centers’ Lending Hands for Life (LHL) program for people living with HIV/AIDS has reached its highest success rate in the history of the program, with 93.4 percent… Read more
IL Department on Aging Assists Seniors for Medicare Open Enrollment
The Illinois Department on Aging’s (IDoA) Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) is reminding seniors of the free counseling assistance available to Medicare-eligible individuals and their caregivers during Medicare Open Enrollment… Read more
Preckwinkle Cuts Ribbon on New Professional Building at Stroger Hospital
Caption by Ashmar Mandou Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Health (CCH) CEO Dr. Jay Shannon join elected officials and community leaders cut the ribbon on the… Read more
Mass Shootings Trigger Blood Donations
When the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history unfolded in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, 2017, former TV news reporter M. James Lozada III, DO, was in Chicago completing a… Read more
Exercise May Lessen Fall Risk for Older Adults with Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a brain disease that causes changes that kill brain cells. AD is a type of dementia, which causes memory loss and problems with thinking and making… Read more
Madigan Demands Education Secretary Devos Grant Relief for Student Borrowers
Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with 20 other attorneys general, called on the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to immediately discharge the student loans of eligible… Read more
The Illinois Legislative Caucus Foundation Presents La Presencia Latina: Securing Our Economic Future
The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation (ILLCF) has been a voice for and a champion of Latino populations statewide since its establishment in 2002. With its understanding of the growing… Read more
Latino Art Beat Holds Hispanic Heritage Month Competition
Latino Art Beat held its 2018 art and film youth awards ceremony in Miami this year during 2018 Hispanic Heritage Month. The local art competition winners of its themed art… Read more
Erikson Institute Addresses Traumatic Violence Affecting More Than 100,000 Young Children in Chicago
Leaders from Erikson Institute announced at the organization’s annual luncheon that a new, first-of-its-kind Center for Children and Families (CCF) will open in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, a primarily Latinx community challenged… Read more
AARP Foundation Experience Corps Looking for Volunteers
By: Ashmar Mandou The AARP Foundation Experience Corps prides itself on guiding the next generation of readers and offers up the possibility to make a difference in a child’s future…. Read more
