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Healthcare workers at University of Illinois Chicago Hospital are joining hundreds of Illinois nurses on strike Monday, alleging unfair labor practices as contract negotiations stall. SEIU Local 73, the union that represents technical, clerical and maintenance healthcare workers, said they asked for more protection from COVID-19 and better pay. “UIC continues to drag its feet when it comes to COVID-19…

Healthcare workers at University of Illinois Chicago Hospital are joining hundreds of Illinois nurses on strike Monday, alleging unfair labor practices as contract negotiations stall. Susan Carlson reports.

Some Chicago residents will be among the first to participate in a national clinical trial starting Monday of a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, which caused COVID-19. The University of Illinois at Chicago announced the school will lead the study in the city, enrolling up to 1,000 people, with aims to understand if the vaccine gives immunity to protect against the…

Some Chicago residents will be among the first to participate in a national clinical trial starting Monday of a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, which caused COVID-19. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

A graduate medical student who attends the University of Illinois at Chicago has contracted the coronavirus, UIC administrators said in a letter to the campus community Monday night. The student, a resident physician who was practicing in a clinical setting at the University of Illinois Health, is self-isolating and recovering at home. The case was related to travel, officials said….

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker made a guest appearance on NBC News’ ‘Meet the Press’ where he spoke about his disappointment with the lack of federal government’s quick response on the coronavirus outbreak.

Nearly two weeks after making an arrest in a robbery and shooting onboard a CTA Blue Line train, Chicago police are now searching for a second person of interest in the case.

Anyone need some Yeezus? Kanye West is coming back to Chicago for another Sunday Service. The rapper tweeted that he’d be at the University of Illinois Chicago’s Credit Union 1 Arena. He last brought the popular service to Northerly Island in September. The free event sold out in less than an hour. Tickets for the 2 p.m. Sunday event...

Officers have identified a suspect accused of shooting a man and leaving him seriously wounded on a CTA Blue Line train, Chicago police said early Thursday.

A convicted felon has been arrested and charged in a shooting that took place on a Chicago Transit Agency Blue Line train near the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, police said Thursday. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the latest.

A convicted felon has been arrested and charged in a shooting that took place on a Chicago Transit Agency Blue Line train near the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, police said Thursday.

Officers have identified a suspect accused of shooting a man and leaving him seriously wounded on a CTA Blue Line train, Chicago police said early Thursday.

A man was left with serious injuries after he was shot on a CTA Blue Line train Wednesday morning near the UIC-Halsted station on the Near West Side. Paramedics responded to the shooting about 10:45 a.m. at the station in the 400 block of South Halsted Street, and took a male to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, according to Chicago…

A man was left with serious injuries after he was shot on a CTA Blue Line train Wednesday morning near the UIC-Halsted station on the Near West Side. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the latest details.

A man was shot in the back on a CTA Blue Line train Wednesday morning near the UIC-Halsted station on the Near West Side. Paramedics responded to the shooting about 10:45 a.m. at the station in the 400 block of South Halsted Street, and took a male to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesmen. Chicago…

A man was shot in the back on a CTA Blue Line train Wednesday morning near the UIC-Halsted station on the Near West Side, and police have released photos of the suspect. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the story.

A man was shot in the back on a CTA Blue Line train Wednesday morning near the UIC-Halsted station on the Near West Side, Chicago Police said.

A woman was robbed by a man who tried to force her into an alley near the University of Illinois at Chicago campus Monday on the Near West Side, according to police.

A woman was robbed by a man who tried to force her into an alley near the University of Illinois at Chicago campus Monday on the Near West Side, according to police. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.