Alison Bowen

Alison Bowen is a former reporter for the Chicago Tribune.

Monika Pitzele, medica de emergencias del Hospital Mount Sinai, apoya un proyecto de ley que permitiría a un sobreviviente de agresión sexual que no es el titular principal de la póliza optar por no recibir la factura de su seguro privado 'en una situación en la que un existe preocupación por la seguridad o la confidencialidad'.

Las sobrevivientes de violación dejarían el hospital si temen que un progenitor o abusador se entere. Un nuevo proyecto de ley ayudaría

February 14, 2022 at 4:30 p.m.

Ya es complicado ingresar a una sala de emergencias después de una agresión sexual, y puede que no se necesite mucho para que un sobreviviente reconsidere esa decisión. Para algunos,...

Photographer Brittany Pierre in the Loop on Feb. 8, 2022.

‘Not starving artists anymore’: Chicago photographer blazes NFT trail for others like her

February 13, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

During the pandemic, Brittany Pierre began wandering her neighborhood, taking photos of interesting buildings and other Chicagoans. She had taught herself photography decades earlier, and decided she wanted to start...

Mount Sinai Hospital emergency room Dr. Monika Pitzele on Feb. 7, 2022. Pitzele supports a bill would that allow a sexual assault survivor who is not the primary insurance policyholder to opt out of having their private insurance billed "in a situation in which a concern for safety or confidentiality exists."

Rape survivors may leave the hospital if they fear a parent or abuser could find out. A new bill could help.

February 10, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

It's difficult enough to walk into an emergency room after a sexual assault, and it might not take much to make a survivor reconsider that decision. For some, one fear...

Family photo of David and Sondra Zorn, who were together 64 years, and died a few days apart following hospitalization with COVID-19.

Married 64 years, a Lombard couple hospitalized with COVID held hands during their final days

February 2, 2022 at 2:13 p.m.

David and Sondra Zorn spent nearly every minute together during the 64 years they were married. They'd spend days together in the home they shared with their children, listening to...

Gabriel Gometz, 8, and his mother, Shannon Lightner-Gometz, walk to get an exam, before he receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago on Aug. 27, 2021.

COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 5 might be coming soon. Here’s what we know.

February 2, 2022 at 2:23 p.m.

It's been two years since most Chicagoans first heard about COVID-19, the virus that was about to upend all kinds of life. Some who worried what was coming next included...

Rancho Cucamonga, CA - December 30: Caroline Wibel, left, administers a nasal swab test to her 4-year-old daughter Whitney Wibel at a COVID19 testing site established by San Bernardino County Department of Public Health at Rancho Cucamonga Sports Center on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021 in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Mi hijo pequeño dio positivo por covid. El resto de la familia dio negativo. ¿Ahora qué?

January 28, 2022 at 9:35 a.m.

A medida que la variante ómicron se propagó en Chicago, los hospitales del área vieron más niños que dieron positivo por COVID-19 y fueron hospitalizados. Algunos estaban allí por enfermedad...

Margaret Orozco pushes her bike to get tested for coronavirus outside Loretto Hospital in Chicago on April 27, 2020.

My young child tested positive for COVID-19. The rest of the family remained negative. Now what?

January 28, 2022 at 9:35 a.m.

As the omicron variant spread in Chicago, area hospitals saw more children testing positive for COVID-19 and hospitalized. Some were there because of illness and some for other reasons but...

What is ‘stealth omicron’ and how worried should we be about another COVID-19 mutation? Chicago experts explain

January 25, 2022 at 6:56 p.m.

Chicagoans may be exhausted to hear anything related to a new variant or even subvariant of COVID-19, which has already killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, sickened many others and...

La dentista Rana Stino revisa el ajuste del retenedor en la paciente Holly Brown el 20 de enero de 2022 en Water Tower Dental Care en Chicago. Brown usa un retenedor para evitar rechinar los dientes.

El covid y la salud bucal

January 24, 2022 at 4:05 p.m.

Junto con todo lo demás, el COVID-19 también está creando problemas con nuestros dientes. Eso es lo que dicen los dentistas después de tratar a los pacientes que están bajo...

Toddlers Ingrid Breiseth, front, Griffin Covacci, left, and Helena Pompei play under the supervision of Mercedez Gonzales at an apartment in Chicago Jan. 13, 2022. Some parents got their children together in a pod to share child care temporarily after their Little Einstein's Daycare classroom closed.

With constant COVID closures, parents with kids in day care are at their wit’s end: ‘I honestly don’t know how we keep doing this.’

January 21, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

After taking two unpaid weeks off when her family was home with COVID-19, Emma Branson was ready to get her toddler back to day care. Finally, her 2-year-old could play...

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