CHICAGO — On an early March day at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergency room at the University of Chicago Medical Center teemed with patients. But many weren't there because of the ...

Systemic racism and discrimination are forms of systemic oppression found to be root causes of poverty and hunger in the United States. Systemic racism is a form of violence that places or keeps ...

In early 2021 emergency room physician Torree McGowan hoped the worst of the pandemic was behind her. She and her colleagues had adapted to the COVID-causing virus, donning layers of protection before ...

That is what trauma surgeon Elizabeth Benjamin calls gun violence in the United States. "There's just too many guns," she said. "Too many people are getting shot, getting injured, and it is a true ...