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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A doula, silhouetted in turquoise, holds the hand of a pregnant person silhouetted in pink.

Chicago Volunteer Doulas organization works to uplift those giving birth

May 12, 2022

Anya Tanyavutti’s first labor and delivery lasted 84 hours. Having a doula helped Tanyavutti, who is the executive director of Chicago Volunteer Doulas, experience the birth she had always wished for. “(Doula...

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Q&A: Chief Risk, Compliance Officer Luke Figora talks vaccine distribution, testing, ‘new normal’ for Northwestern

March 8, 2021

Last week, the Daily sat down with Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and Senior Associate Vice President Luke Figora to discuss Northwestern’s COVID-19 response, vaccination plans and student testing....

Inside the Erie Evanston/Skokie Health Center. The city’s third testing site is at a health center with predominantly low-income patients.

New COVID-19 testing site opens in 2nd Ward

May 7, 2020

A health care center in Evanston’s 2nd Ward is now conducting COVID-19 tests, the latest effort to support minority communities in the fight against coronavirus. Erie Evanston/Skokie Health Center,...

With no playbook and a finite supply, Evanston health workers must gear up for the long haul

With no playbook and a finite supply, Evanston health workers must gear up for the long haul

April 25, 2020

In the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak, emergency medicine physician Michael Slater consulted with the AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital Evanston ethics team to consider how to ration supplies...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Pritzker said during a Monday press conference that he prioritized transparency and intended to hold nursing homes accountable for adherence to state guidelines.

Cook County nursing homes hit hard by COVID-19

April 20, 2020

New data from the Illinois Department of Public Health shows long-term care facilities have been hit hard by COVID-19. In Cook County, 804 out of 21,272 total confirmed cases come from nursing homes....

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