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Colorectal Cancer Rates Rise in Nearly Every Adult Age Group Through 69, Interrupting a Two-Decade Decline

A new analysis of U.S. cancer registry data found colorectal cancer rates rose in 2023 after decades of decline, with screening explaining only part of the increase.

Medical Daily · 2h ago

Roseland Community Hospital Will End Labor and Delivery by October 31, Widening Chicago's South Side Maternity Gap

Roseland Community Hospital will stop delivering babies on Oct. 31, adding to South Side maternity closures. Its OB clinic will stay open.

Medical Daily · Oct 2

After Historic Drop in Homicides, Chicago Sees Shooting Surge — Study Reveals Impact of Trauma Care Access

Through the first four months of 2026, Chicago recorded 130 homicides — up from 120 during the same period in 2025 — and 421 total shootings, a 5% increase over last year's pace.

Medical Daily · Jun 3

Pandemic stress, gangs and utter fear fueled a rise in teen shootings

Diego never imagined he’d carry a gun.

Tribune News Service · Mar 20, 2023

Match Day 2023: UIC medical students find out where they will do residencies

Medical students nationwide found out Friday where they will do their residencies.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 17, 2023

UChicago Medicine awaiting approval to begin construction on $815 million South Side cancer hospital

The seven-story facility would be built along East 57th Street, across from the emergency division. Officials expect 200,000 yearly outpatient visits, 5,000 inpatient stays.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 15, 2023

UChicago Medicine program will provide legal aid to survivors of violence during treatment

Dubbed Recovery Legal Care, the initiative goes beyond providing medical care to address social and economic wounds as well.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 9, 2022

Renowned scholar and cardiac expert to lead University of Chicago Medicine

Mark Anderson will oversee medical and biological research, education, care delivery and community engagement for UChicago Medicine, the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 19, 2022

A Chicago ER doctor wrote ‘Emergency’ about COVID’s first year — and the time his own hospital failed his mother

CHICAGO — Thomas Fisher figured he would end up in the very place he works, in the emergency room. Eventually, everyone passes through. Two springs ago, at the onset of the pandemic, he thought he might die of the thing he was treating in others. He updated his will, removed…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 6, 2022

UChicago Medicine wants to build $633 million hospital to treat cancer

The new center would create a more seamless experience for patients who now might have to trek from building to building for everything from doctor visits to chemotherapy to scans, health system officials say.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 3, 2022