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Community

UChicago Medicine Invests Over $700 Million in South Side and South Suburbs

Silence DoGood - May 2, 2024

UChicago Medicine’s annual community benefit investment has more than doubled since 2013, bringing the health system’s total reported community investments to more than $5 billion over the past decade. #healthcare #uchicago #healthdisparities

Community

Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller Releases ‘Cardiovascular Health in the Southland’ Report

Silence DoGood - September 8, 2022

The report found that overall, cardiovascular disease-related deaths occur more frequently in CCDPH’s South jurisdiction, which has a substantial Black population, compared to the Southwest jurisdiction, whose population is predominantly white.

Community

Northwestern Medicine Awards $1.7 Million in Grants to Community Partners

Silence DoGood - August 26, 2022

This funding initiative, which is just one facet of Northwestern Medicine’s community giving campaign, offered grants to local agencies supporting specific health and wellness projects.

Chicago

University of Chicago Looks to Tackle Cancer Rates and Treatment on the Southside

Ernst Lamothe - February 16, 2022

The plan for Chicago’s first freestanding clinical cancer center includes the addition of 128 beds. #UChicagoMedicine

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