Interactive.wttw.com

Health & Environment My Neighborhood: Pilsen WTTW Chicago

WebThe city is moving forward with plans to transform the abandoned BNSF railroad into a multi-use “rails-to-trails” path from Pilsen to South Lawndale. But not all residents in Pilsen, …

Actived: Just Now

URL: https://interactive.wttw.com/my-neighborhood/pilsen/health-environment

Architecture as Public Health WTTW Chicago

WebArchitecture as Public Health While the term “architecture” often invokes ideas of visual design, buildings and cities are, of course, more than just static objects at which we look. …

Category:  Course Go Health

Chicago's Historical Ingenuity in the Face of Disease

WebIn 1849, cholera killed 678 people; in 1854, more than 1,400 Chicagoans died of it. During a nationwide economic downturn in 1857, Chicago’s Board of Health …

Category:  Health Go Health

A Healthy Dose of Nature WTTW Chicago

WebA growing number of doctors are ordering their patients to take a hike, linterally. In other words, they are prescribing nature. Studies show that exposure to nature can provide a …

Category:  Health Go Health

How Upton Sinclair’s 'The Jungle' Unintentionally Spurred Food

WebLearn more about the origins of food safety in the United States in American Experience: Poison Squad, which airs Tuesday, January 28 at 9:00 pm and is available …

Category:  Food Go Health

Chicago’s Ambitious Anti-Poverty Plan

WebChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has an ambitious plan – a plan to end poverty in the city within a generation. Lightfoot launched her plan with the Solutions Toward Ending Poverty …

Category:  Health Go Health

The Lovell Health House WTTW Chicago

WebThe Lovell Health House In 1920s California, Dr. Philip Lovell was a prominent naturopathic doctor. His "Care of the Body" column in the Los Angeles Times was a popular favorite, …

Category:  Health Go Health

The Chicago Woman Who Fought to Clean Up the Southeast Side

WebThis story was originally published in February, 2020. In the most recent Democratic presidential primary debate, Elizabeth Warren brought up environmental …

Category:  Health Go Health

Early Chicago: Hospital of Hope: Provident Hospital

WebAfter continuous growth, the hospital moved to 432 East 51st Street in 1933. The seven-story building gave the hospital significant room for expansion. But Provident faced a …

Category:  Health Go Health

A New Documentary Digs into the Mental Health Struggles of …

WebJeff Ditzenberger is one of the subjects of 'Greener Pastures,' a documentary about the struggles farmers face and the mental health difficulties that often result. …

Category:  Health Go Health

Resources WTTW Chicago

WebHousing & Development. Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Chicago Connects neighborhoods to the resources they need to become stronger and healthier.. Pilsen …

Category:  Health Go Health

Rudy Lozano's Multigenerational Legacy and the Growing Power …

WebRudy Lozano sought more political power for Latinos in Chicago, and although his life was cut short, his legacy lives on in his friends and family members who …

Category:  Health Go Health

Coronavirus Information WTTW Chicago

WebThe novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, is a new coronavirus that hasn't been previously identified. The virus causing COVID-19 isn't the same as the coronaviruses that …

Category:  Coronavirus Go Health

Call for virus volunteers yields army of health care workers

WebAn army of health care workers has heeded New York's call for help reinforcing hospitals overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Category:  Coronavirus Go Health

Carmen Velásquez WTTW Chicago

WebPhoto by Kaitlynn Scannell. On January 4, 1989, Alivio Medical Center opened on 2355 S. Western Avenue as a bilingual, bicultural, nonprofit community health center. The …

Category:  Medical Go Health

WTTW News Partners with ProPublica on Investigation into …

WebOn Wednesday, October 12, WTTW News and ProPublica co-published an investigation into serious issues involving Roseland Community Hospital (45 W 111th Street in Chicago), …

Category:  Health Go Health

An ICU nurse on wavering between confidence and fear

WebAfter a particularly brutal week caring for COVID-19 patients in New York City, ICU nurse KP Mendoza considered one final task: writing a will. He's only 24, but …

Category:  Health Go Health

The Union Stockyards: “A Story of American Capitalism”

WebChicago was famously dubbed “Hog Butcher for the World” by Carl Sandburg in his iconic poem “Chicago.” The city was the center of America’s meatpacking industry for roughly a …

Category:  Health Go Health

Discussion Guide FIRSTHAND: Living in Poverty WTTW Chicago

WebAt the state level, the three-year (2017-2019) average income poverty rate in Illinois was 10.4 percent. 4, 6. Locally, Cook County has nearly 135,236 families in income poverty, …

Category:  Health Go Health

Every 15 seconds: Outbreak overwhelms NYC's emergency system

WebOperators pick up a new call every 15.5 seconds. Panicked voices tell of loved ones in declining health. There are multitudes of cardiac arrests and respiratory …

Category:  Health Go Health

About the Host: Paula Zahn

WebPaula Zahn is currently the host of Discovery Channel's On The Case with Paula Zahn. Paula is the co-host of a new series on WNET/Channel 13 New York called SundayArts, …

Category:  Health Go Health