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Located in the heart of one of the world’s great cities, the University of Illinois Chicago is the Chicago’s largest university and only public research institution. Its 16 academic colleges serve more than 33,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UIC is recognized as one of the most ethnically rich and culturally diverse campuses in the nation, a leader in providing access to underrepresented students. With one of the largest colleges of medicine in the nation, and colleges of dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, social work, and applied health sciences, UIC is the state’s principal educator of health professionals and a major healthcare provider to underserved communities. UIC students become professionals in fields ranging from business and engineering to education, liberal arts and sciences, urban planning, and social work, as well as architecture, design and the arts. UIC is an integral part of the educational, technological, and cultural fabric of one of the world’s greatest cities.

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Receipts are printed on thermal paper, which often contains bisphenols. alvarez/E+ via Getty Images

Are there toxic chemicals in your grocery store receipt?

For most people, handling receipts is a low-risk activity, but if you’re concerned, there are some straightforward precautions you can take.
O DSM-6 tentará integrar a neurobiologia à forma como os médicos diagnosticam e tratam os transtornos psiquiátricos: parte do desafio de encontrar um biomarcador para doenças mentais está na influência significativa do ambiente. rudall30/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Próxima edição da ‘Bíblia’ da psiquiatria vai usar pela primeira vez a biologia para entender transtornos mentais

Apesar dos avanços na neurociência, a biologia subjacente às doenças mentais continua um mistério
Part of the challenge of finding a biomarker for mental illness is the environment’s significant influence. rudall30/iStock via Getty Images Plus

I’m part of the team writing the next bible of psychiatry – for the first time, the DSM will use biology to understand mental disorders

Despite advances in neuroscience, the underlying biology of mental illness has remained elusive. The DSM-6 will attempt to integrate neurobiology into how clinicians diagnose and treat psychiatric conditions.
Cholera is common in parts of the world where clean water sources are unreliable. Sudan has suffered multiple outbreaks since the onset of a civil war in 2023. AFP via Getty Images

Cholera still kills thousands each year – in places without clean water, it’s far from history

While cholera launched modern epidemiology and has nearly disappeared in many countries, the disease never went away. It has instead retreated to the places least equipped to fight it.
Mother’s Day is celebrated in France on the last Sunday of May. Prostock-studio/Shutterstock

The joy and pain of Mother’s Day: it’s time we embraced fertility journeys in their multiplicity

A day of celebration for many, it is also a source of anxiety for those whose hopes of motherhood have been dashed by infertility, loss, and those who have chosen unconventional paths to parenthood.
93% of surveyed researchers have negative opinions of federal science policies since January 2025. Cavan Images via Getty Images

Self‑censorship, more stress, tougher recruiting – we asked US researchers how the Trump administration’s science policies have affected them

What do US researchers make of all the Trump administration science-related policy changes? A survey of 280 academic scientists asked them.
Passengers on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026. AP Photo/Uncredited

From medieval plague ships to hantavirus: How outbreaks at sea helped to shape the international public health system

To stop the spread of infectious diseases, governments need information and other resources that countries around the globe share through international organizations.
L’armée opère généralement dans des conditions – caserne, navire, etc. – qui favorisent la propagation des virus respiratoires. Bumble Dee/Shutterstock

L’abandon d’une stratégie vieille de 250 ans… Ce que change la fin de l’obligation vaccinale dans l’armée américaine

Pendant près de quatre-vingts ans, la vaccination contre la grippe allait de soi dans l’armée états-unienne. Sa remise en cause récente ne repose pas tant sur des arguments médicaux que sur une évolution politique autour de la notion de « liberté médicale ».
Inclusive health care settings are essential to the well-being of LGBTQ+ patients. AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack

Doctors can refuse to treat LGBTQ+ patients in several states – these religious exemption laws lead to drops in HIV testing

An increasing number of laws aim to roll back LGBTQ+ people’s ability to access health care, leading to cascading effects on their well-being.
A lawsuit brought by six medical organizations seeks to block several changes that federal health officials made to vaccine policy. Jackyenjoyphotography/Moment via Getty Images

Federal judge temporarily blocks RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda – an epidemiologist answers questions parents may have

The judge’s decision is a win for public health, but the back-and-forth on vaccine policy may undermine the public’s trust in science.

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