As the Rush Center for Excellence in Aging continues its commitment to improving the health of older adults, others are taking notice. Rush was recently designated a Center of Excellence by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Patients with COVID-19 experience elevated levels of soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR), an immune-derived pathogenic protein that is strongly predictive of kidney injury, according to Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, chairperson of Rush’s Department of Internal Medicine.

James T. Frankenbach, who served as CEO of Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie and also held leadership positions at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, died this summer. He was 67.

With the new school year started and autumn approaching, Rush pediatric infectious disease specialist Colleen Nash, MD, MPH, answers questions parents may have about keeping children safe from COVID, social distancing in the classroom and celebrating Halloween while COVID-19 is still a threat.