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Reporting on health issues for the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Reporting on crime and justice for The Times of Northwest Indiana. Previously chased breaking news and crime for The Ledger in Lakeland, Florida. Graduate of Indiana University.

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Through incarceration and in health: Marriage behind bars

Through incarceration and in health: Marriage behind bars

On Gretchen Ihrig's wedding day, she put her hair up and made sure her dress met the guidelines for the Westv…

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Moved by a man's progress, judge steps off bench for a hug

Moved by a man's progress, judge steps off bench for a hug

CROWN POINT - After hearing about a defendant's efforts to better himself, Lake County Criminal Judge Diane B…

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Children of slain Hammond woman tell judge of their grief

Children of slain Hammond woman tell judge of their grief

CROWN POINT | The mother of Renata Garcia Marquez held up a framed photo of her slain daughter for Lake Count…

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Vacant houses remain open where slain women found

Vacant houses remain open where slain women found

GARY | It's been 10 months since police found the decaying body of Teaira Batey in a vacant building in Gary.…

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Imperial Gangster avoids death penalty

Imperial Gangster avoids death penalty

HAMMOND | A jury decided Friday night to recommend Juan "Tito" Briseno be sentenced to life in prison without…

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Empty, neglected homes became setting for tragedies

Empty, neglected homes became setting for tragedies

GARY | When a decaying house was donated to a small nonprofit by a Chicago-area dentist, Marcia Jackson envis…

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Medical group leader apologies to Northwestern researcher, others booted from conference over Trump critique Original

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By Elvia Malagon 
| Chicago Sun-Times
The head of the American Diabetes Association has issued a public apology to a Northwestern researcher and other diabetes experts who were escorted out of the group’s conference while distributing an editorial critical of President Donald Trump’s administration. “I am deeply sorry for the hurt, frustration and the pain that resulted,” Charles Henderson, the association’s CEO, said in a video posted on YouTube. “Also [I] want to apologize to the broader diabetes community.
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Nurses at St. Mary Hospital in Chicago go on one-day strike

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By Elvia Malagon , Kristen Schorsch 
| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)
Standing in the middle of the picket line early Thursday outside St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital, Jesus Hernandez felt as if the one-day strike was already a success just an hour after it started. Hernandez was among six nurses who were fired in recent weeks just as nurses in the Ukrainian Village hospital prepared to hold an election to unionize with the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.
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Affordable Care Act enrollment in Illinois continues to drop, new state data shows

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By Elvia Malagon 
| Chicago Sun-Times
More than 92,000 people are no longer getting Affordable Care Act health insurance in Illinois, including a majority who were dropped because they didn’t pay their monthly premiums, according to new state data. This lowers the number of people buying health insurance through the state’s marketplace exchange, Get Covered Illinois, than initially thought — driven by people who likely couldn’t afford their plan.
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