Kate Thayer

Chicago anesthesiologist on front lines describes treating COVID-19 patients. ‘It’s difficult to predict who will live and who will die.’

April 3, 2020 at 9:02 p.m.

On evenings when Dr. Cory Deburghgraeve reports to work at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago, he first checks the charts of patients he treated the shift before — people...

Loyola Medicine employees have a daily prayer over a basket of messages reflecting the hopes of patients at Loyola University Medical Center at the chapel in Maywood on March 31, 2020. Sister Xiomara Mendez-Hernandez, from left, COVID-19 unit nurse Tiffany Fulton and chaplain Robert Andorka.

Hospital chaplains find creative ways to offer compassion, despite coronavirus restrictions, so no one has to die alone

April 1, 2020 at 7:54 p.m.

As a man lay dying of COVID-19 at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, hospital chaplains Marie Coglianese and Bob Andorka stood just outside his room, praying and singing. They...

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Will extra screen time during the coronavirus pandemic hurt our kids? Experts say probably not, but parents should be careful.

March 27, 2020 at 6:55 p.m.

As teachers and parents navigate how to keep students engaged during prolonged school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, screens seem more essential than ever. Experts say this is probably...

Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, joins Mayor Lightfoot, from left, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and public health experts as they provide an update on COVID-19 at the Thompson Center on March 12, 2020.

The face of Chicago’s fight against a pandemic, Dr. Allison Arwady, remains accessible in difficult times

March 24, 2020 at 10:36 p.m.

In a demanding job during an unprecedented time, Dr. Allison Arwady has become the voice of reason, empathy and insight for many in Chicago, fielding questions from a concerned public...

Sarge (cq), 6-month-old male labrador mix dog at PAWS Chicago Medical Center in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Friday, March 6, 2020. PAWS Chicago is currently helping rescued animals impacted by the recent Tennessee tornadoes. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

Thanks to the coronavirus, charity galas are being canceled and nonprofit groups are losing crucial funding

March 21, 2020 at 1:11 p.m.

In a time of vast cancellations for the good of public health, nonprofit organizations are feeling the burden. Organizations that rely on donors, often through large-scale galas or other events,...

Victim information referral advocate Claudia Gutierrez takes a call from a victim of abuse seeking information at the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline office in Chicago on Jan. 9, 2019.

‘Abuse doesn’t stop in times of pandemic.’ Domestic violence advocates trying to serve survivors during coronavirus pandemic

March 19, 2020 at 5:11 p.m.

As the world shuts itself in at home in an effort to quell the spread of the new coronavirus, what if your greatest danger lives there with you? That's the...

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Chicago anesthesiologist on front lines describes treating COVID-19 patients. ‘It’s difficult to predict who will live and who will die.’

Hospital chaplains find creative ways to offer compassion, despite coronavirus restrictions, so no one has to die alone

Will extra screen time during the coronavirus pandemic hurt our kids? Experts say probably not, but parents should be careful.

The face of Chicago’s fight against a pandemic, Dr. Allison Arwady, remains accessible in difficult times

Thanks to the coronavirus, charity galas are being canceled and nonprofit groups are losing crucial funding

‘Abuse doesn’t stop in times of pandemic.’ Domestic violence advocates trying to serve survivors during coronavirus pandemic

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St. Louis-area woman tests positive for coronavirus after flying into O’Hare and taking Amtrak train home