Community
Giving Tuesday Feeds More Than 1,000 People
Donations to One Box, One Community delivered nutritious food to families in need during the holidays
Stories with tag: "Health Equity"
Community
Live Healthy Chicago Community Grants Available to Chicago Nonprofits Addressing COVID-19
The collective seeks to distribute $2.9 million in community-based grants over the next two years
Pregnancy & Childbirth
Study Seeks to Reduce Barriers to Breastfeeding Premature Babies
Aloka Patel, MD, is part of a team leading a controlled trial to test effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of intervention to increase breastfeeding in premature infants.
Cancer
Grant to Provide Support to Minority and Low-Income Breast Cancer Patients at Waterford Place Cancer Resource Center
Susan G. Komen® Chicago recently awarded nearly $50,000
Community
Uniéndose para tomar medidas contra el racismo sistémico
Una carta de 36 hospitales y centros de salud que se comprometen a trabajar para mejorar la equidad en salud en toda la ciudad, centrándose en los vecindarios vulnerables de Chicago
Community
Chicago Health Care Organizations Band Together To Take Action on Systemic Racism
36 hospitals, health centers pledge to work to improve health equity across the city, focusing on vulnerable neighborhoods
Community
Rush Community Command Center Ensures Most Vulnerable Don’t Get Overlooked
Rush's West Side neighborhoods include some who are at the greatest risk for COVID-19. To ensure these communities don't fall through the cracks during this health crisis, departments across the Rush system created a Community Command Center.
Community
Helping Our Most Vulnerable Neighbors
Rush Medical College students partner with homeless services provider Franciscan Outreach to offer COVID-19 screening and support
Community
$5 Million Oprah Winfrey Grant Accelerates Rush, Chicago COVID-19 Prevention Efforts on West, South Sides
This donation will accelerate efforts to decrease COVID-19 death rates in Chicago’s black and Latino communities
