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The University of Chicago Medicine's heart transplant program is making history once again. The program's transplant survival rates and transplant wait times are not only the best in the country, but they're the best in the history of heart transplantation, according to an analysis of Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) data.

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First federal center focused on farmworker health and safety to open in Chicago

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Parents who identified as Hispanic/Latinx or Black were less likely to have reliable, high-speed internet than White parents, according to a survey from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago published in the journal JAMA Network Open.

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Medical Careers Exposure and Emergency Preparedness Program (MedCEEP), a program created to empower underrepresented minority youth to become trained in recognizing and responding to the most prevalent life-threatening emergency scenarios while being exposed to health-related careers, has received a $15,000 grant from My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, a program of the Obama Foundation.

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National education discussions from teacher shortages to curriculum requirements and school safety have been front and center throughout the summer. With many school districts close to opening the 2022-23 academic year, including Chicago Public Schools on Aug. 22, DePaul University experts are available to offer insights and commentary on a variety of back-to-school topics.

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The University of Chicago Medical Center is one of just 24 hospitals nationwide to have 10 specialties that rank on U.S. News & World Report's 2022-2023 Best Hospitals list.

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For the third year in a row, RUSH is ranked among the nation’s best on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-2023 Best Hospitals Honor Roll. Of more than 4,500 U.S. hospitals evaluated, RUSH ranked 20th in the nation, with 10 specialties rated among the country’s top 50.

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Mark Anderson, a renowned scholar, physician and caregiver, has been appointed to lead the University of Chicago's field-defining work in medicine and biological sciences as Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Dean of the Division of the Biological Sciences and Dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine, effective October 1, 2022.

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As part of UChicago Medicine's community engagement efforts, the public is invited to provide input to inform the services and offerings at what will be the state’s only freestanding comprehensive cancer center.

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The University of Chicago Medicine released its 2021-22 Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) for the communities the health system serves on Chicago’s South Side and in the south suburbs.

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Chicago magazine's Top Cancer Doctors list for 2022 includes 29 Loyola Medicine physicians.

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UIC partners with Luv City for program scheduled to run July 5 through Aug. 9

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Multiple events will be held during the run of the exhibitions through Aug. 6

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A new John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation-commissioned report authored by researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy takes a closer look at the patterns and reveals important differences in the characteristics of individuals leaving the city from those new to the region.

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Summer learning initiative kicks off June 27

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Landmark study reveals extreme levels of exposure to violence, risk of being shot for street outreach workers.

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RUSH University System for Health is expanding access to its services and experts for those living in Chicago’s West Loop. A new outpatient center will open in fall 2022.

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University of Chicago Medicine research shows discrepancies in COVID-19 vaccine coverage across Chicago zip codes.

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The combined critical illness recovery and inpatient rehabilitation hospital is being built on the RUSH University Medical Center campus. The hospital is slated to open in 2024 and will feature 44 critical illness recovery and 56 inpatient rehabilitation beds.

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Many of the settlement activities were documented in the Hull-House Bulletins