Have you scheduled your monkeypox (MPV) vaccine yet? While the virus is spreading rapidly among people who have sex with MSM (men who have sex with men), anyone can catch it. Intimate skin-to-skin contact with someone who has MPV is the highest risk activity (note that condoms alone are likely not enough to prevent transmission), […]
Tag: health
Posted inOn Prisons
A very dark place
Maintaining mental health in prison was already challenging before COVID-19 hit.
Posted inNews & Politics
Abortion is healthcare
Tips on obtaining an abortion and supporting abortion access in a post-Roe vs Wade world
Posted inArts & Culture
You’re not allowed to just be old and embrace it
Writers Heather Corinna and Kimberly Dark got together to discuss recent writing, menopause, body image, and more this summer while west coast resident Kimberly was in Chicago visiting her son and his family. The pandemic made it difficult for them to host a public event, so they decided to share their conversation with Reader readers. […]
Posted inNews & Politics
‘If they cannot hear you when you whisper, watch when you say a cuss word’
Black and trans activists build networks of support and mutual aid at Brave Space Alliance.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
I lost my voice to COVID-19
But I, and thousands of other “long-haulers,” can’t afford to stay silent any longer.
Posted inCity Life
Get tested and enjoy sweater weather with confidence
Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
Posted inNews & Politics
Three organs, one life
The heart, liver, kidney triple crown is something of a specialty for UChicago Medicine. For Daru Smith, a triple transplant was his only hope.
Posted inNews & Politics
The flu explainer Chicago didn’t know it needed
Health is a civic undertaking.
Posted inNews & Politics
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center is a good place to warm up in the winter
Along with classes, events, and workshops, the center provides support for the people of Puerto Rico in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Posted inBlogs
Riot Fest announces its first wave of acts for 2018
Riot Fest got Blink-182! Cypress Hill! Blondie! The Jesus Lizard! Liz Phair! Atmosphere! Beck! Cat Power! And . . . the 82-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis?
Posted inNews & Politics
An East Chicago community dissolves in the fallout from a decades-long lead crisis
Residents from the West Calumet community in East Chicago are scattering across the region as they flee dangerously contaminated homes.