Latest Stories from the COVID-19 Crisis

A tabby cat lies against a grey background.

“He gave it to the cat!”

By Lynn Fredrickson

A glass thermometer lies against a pink background.

“I’m just an ordinary doctor.”

By Radhika Sumanam

Man and child

“Two weeks and five days. That’s how fast it took my dad.”

By BobbieJo Hudgins

Lemon

“I woke up one day and realized that my breakfast tasted like nothing.”

By Marisa Braverman

An image of a white door that is slightly ajar.

“I’ve never felt like this before, but I’ve felt worse than this before.”

By Jessi Bryant

Angel Lungs Illustration

“I want to remember the lost and the hurting.”

By Jessica Curtisi

A white plastic chair sits empty against a black background.

“There were no visitors, no final words.”

By Marilen Tronqued-Lagniton

A purple flower droops in a black vase on a brown table.

“At 37 years old, while we were planning the rest of our lives, we were also discussing our end-of-life choices.”

By Ashley Loehmer

COVID-19 data dashboard

“I had a run-in with the COVID-19 virus.”

By Jacqueline Canter

Green speech bubble with yellow speech dots.

“She had spent the day traveling from hospital to hospital, hoping to find him.”

By Guisela Hernandez

Keep safe image

“Wear a mask. Save a life.”

Hands clasped.

“Our whole nursing unit looked forward to hearing him sing to her.”

By Isabella Park

“Mother’s Day was bittersweet this year.”

“Mother’s Day was bittersweet this year.”

By Isabella Park

Skyline of Chicago

"I am proud and grateful to be a social worker."

By Laura Donnan

I learned the family’s concern was racial inequality in the health care setting

“I learned the family’s concern was racial inequality in the health care setting.”

By Patricia Daly

Stone slabs atop a grassy field with sunlight streaming through grey clouds.

“Could we look at this more closely… and possibly offer a better ending?”

By Sarah E. Hull, M.Ed

A hand holds a pile of brightly colored cloth masks.

“Please wear a mask… My life matters. Stop putting it at risk and just put on the mask.”

An empty parking garage with signs saying Park and Exit.

"We are living through history."

By Thomas Backus

ways to prevent telemedicine from becoming lesser medicine

"I recently had my first telemedicine primary care visit."

By Trissa Torres

Toddler looking out window

"Seeing my kids suffer makes me question my own choices."

By Rebecca Pelton

Horse

"Sometimes, this illness, this suffering, wants to break my soul."

Four men sit in a room playing instruments.

“For the socially disadvantaged and vulnerable, social isolation might be the blade that cuts the last fiber of the safety net protecting them from the bottom.”

By Nick Christian

“COVID-19 has taught us how closely we are all connected.”

“COVID-19 has taught us how closely we are all connected.”

By Genoveva Islas

A lit up Ferris wheel at night.

"And the world spins madly on."

By Avnee Nulkar

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