Side Effects partners with WILL in Champaign, Illinois and WSIU in Carbondale, Illinois. Here are stories from Illinois.
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Administrative burdens — like haggling with insurers over payments — cut into the already low reimbursement rates Medicaid provides doctors for services.This can disincentivize doctors from accepting Medicaid, according to a new working paper from the University of Chicago. -
Muchos estados, incluyendo a Illinois, siguen la dirección del Centro para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades y dan prioridad los campesinos junto con otros trabajadores esenciales en sus planes de vacunación. Read this article in English here.
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In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayra Ramirez contracted the virus and ended up in the ICU on life support. She was 28.The virus had…
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The COVID-19 vaccines hold promise for ending the pandemic, and millions of Americans have received at least one shot. But 39% aren’t likely to get a…
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Read this article in English here.RANTOUL – En las afueras de Rantoul, en el centro-este de Illinois, unos 100 trabajadores agrícolas migrantes están…
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Barbara Allen’s life became more complicated overnight.Allen, 39, lives in Springfield, Illinois, where she cares for…
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One by one, COVID-19 outbreaks popped up in April and May at meatpacking plants across the country, fanning fears that the infectious coronavirus could…
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Now that summer is over and temperatures are dipping across the Midwest, people are headed indoors, some experts fear the already striking rise in cases…
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On the outskirts of Rantoul, in east-central Illinois, about 100 migrant farmworkers are living at an old hotel in a sleepy part of town.Every day at the…
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Across the Midwest, COVID-19 cases are rising. And some survivors are still recovering — months after coming down with the disease. Karen Campbell is one…
