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Laura Bratlien had COVID-19 and her lungs failed, and doctors told her husband she was going to die. But she has proven to be a true survivor.
A man was shot after getting into an argument in Chicago's Loop early Saturday morning, Chicago police say.
Blood banks across the city are feeling the impact of the nation's dangerously low blood supply – and after a violent holiday weekend, Chicago's demand for blood donations swelled even higher.
The Fire Department was called to a Northwestern Memorial Hospital building Wednesday evening when some people got stuck in an elevator.
Some Chicago doctors have reported having to work long hours because of COVID-19, with one saying he had to work up to 36 hours between clinic and the ICU.
So how will flu season look during a pandemic?
Mayra Ramirez, who was on a ventilator, fought for her life for six weeks, with the virus completely destroying her lungs.
Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital performed a double lung transplant on a patient whose lungs were damaged by COVID-19.
"It's so parallel. Everything about it, down to time management to prioritization. You're on a team when you're in a hospital and different parts of that team work as a well-oiled machine. I feel like I'm back on the court when I'm on the floor of the emergency department."
A question remains about hazard pay at hospitals, and who gets it.
"Things that I rely on normally as coping mechanisms just aren't there," Northwestern Memorial Hospital nurse Blair Bobier said.
"We knew there was a potential for a change. It's exciting to think that just my kidney didn't know one person but helped all these people."
The drug-resistant fungus Candida Auris is spreading, but hospitals don't have to reveal if cases have been reported.
"It makes me so angry. My parents thought they were doing the right thing. They were persuaded by the anti-vaxxers," Joshua Nerius said.
How much would it cost to get a cast on your leg, or get an MRI? Effective Jan. 1, you should be able to tell just by going to the hospital's website. However, CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker discovered those price lists are sometimes hard to find, and often confusing.
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association says a winter day may be enough to trigger a heart attack.
The Cook County court lawsuit says Charles Muhammad of Merrillville was born in 2006 with a buildup of fluid in the brain, spina bifida and other permanent impairments.
"We will send 7,200 to 7,500 of these a day," said Jim Konopka, an engineer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, holding a carrier that travels through the four miles of tubes that connect seven buildings on Northwestern's downtown campus.
Julian Sosa was paralyzed from the neck down after a diving incident at a suburban pool. Today he is able to walk again.
A man was injured early Saturday when the SUV he was driving crashed into the median on Lake Shore Drive and overturned.
Dr. Leo Gordon helped save the lives of two members of the CFD who were diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer.
Experts estimate there are 50 million menopausal women in the U.S. and now, leaders at Northwestern Hospital have opened a first of its kind center designed to help them.
For the third time in two weeks, a person has been robbed on Northwestern University's downtown campus.
After undergoing a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat, Durbin has a message for those who want to cut medical research funding.
