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Bureau: Chicago
The war is 37 days old and therapists across two continents are reporting a new clinical pattern -- civilians traumatized by a conflict they are watching, not experiencing.
The disease America eliminated in 2000 has logged more cases in three months of 2026 than in all of 2024, and the country is on pace to lose its measles-free status by November.
A COVID variant nicknamed Cicada is doing something no prior strain has done -- infecting children at disproportionate rates -- and public health officials are still figuring out why.
The Easter table tells two food-price stories at once -- beef and sugar climbing on tight supply, eggs plummeting from their 2025 crisis peak.