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COVID-19

Discovering Success in Academics and Career at Rush

Danesha Lewis, MS, who researches COVID-19 vaccine mistrust among the African American community through the health sciences PhD program, credits her experience at Rush with helping build the ...

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Children’s Health

Helping Teens Make Good Choices

Providers say informing kids is key to good decision-making

A woman using a cell phone to access Rush virtual care options.
Virtual Care

4 Things to Know About Telehealth

Telehealth is more than just video visits

COVID-19

The COVID-19 Vaccine and a 'Healthier, Safer Community'

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Office of Community Health Equity and Engagement News

How a Boston African Slave Helped Fight a Smallpox Epidemic

Learn how the actions of an African slave paved the way for the use of vaccines

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Office of Community Health Equity and Engagement News

Nourishing the Community

Rukiya Curvey Johnson shares her thoughts on the importance of access to basic needs

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Patient Stories

Lee's Story

A patient with a fighting spirit, and a team of Rush heart experts, tackles advanced heart disease

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South Side Nourishes an Appetite for Clinical Nutrition

Life events have provided Kellye Walters-Warren with more than enough food for thought; now her focus is on food for health

Rush Oak Park Hospital Again Named Among Top in Nation for Patient Safety by Healthgrades
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions

Rush Oak Park Hospital Again Earns Top Honors for Patient Safety

Hospital recognized by Healthgrades for third consecutive year

Stefan Green, PhD, and Mary Hayden, MD, in Rush's new lab site
COVID-19

Chicago and Rush Partner to Detect New Strains of COVID-19

Molecular lab will run genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 samples from across Chicago