Kate Chappell
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 22
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for NBC Los Angeles
- Top 500K sites
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- Jul 15, 2026
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Breast cancer at 30: Woman reveals unexpected symptom that led to surprising diagnosis (opens the original)
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A breast cancer diagnosis came as a complete shock to then-30-year-old Jessica Chiupka. She had no family history of the disease and was active and otherwise healthy. Just as unexpected was the symptom that ultimately led to her mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. "I was getting ready for bed, and I was really sore, almost like in my armpit, but I didn't work out. I didn’t do anything, but it was sore as if I just did a chest day," said Chiupka. After
Suburban moms find unexpected community discussing formerly ‘taboo' topic (opens the original)
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When Tina Janczura Dasilva started feeling health anxiety over unexplained symptoms at age 43, she knew something was changing. "Every single month I would get hit with a new ache or pain. I thought something was wrong with me," she said. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. One night, while reading her 7-year-old daughter a children's book, she had an idea. "As I’m reading this book to her, I thought, 'I wish I had a book about my feelings,'" said Janczura Dasilva. "That's where the i
‘National Women in Medicine Day' is Thursday, and it was founded by a Chicago doctor (opens the original)
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The first ever "National Women in Medicine Day" is Thursday and Chicago-based Dr. Shikha Jain, an oncologist at UI-Health, founded the organization that spearheaded the national day of recognition. "I never thought I would be in this role. This is not where I saw my career going. We joke that my autobiography is going to be, 'how I accidentally started a nonprofit,'" said Jain, who's also an associate professor of medicine at the Illinois Cancer Center and the founder of Women in Medicine (WIM).
Illinois health officials report summer spike in rabies exposures, calls (opens the original)
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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) says it's seen a "higher-than-normal rabies call volume and bat submission for this time of year," but the agency says the numbers are not alarming. As of September 9, the Rabies surveillance map shows 61 animals have tested positive so far in 2026, an increase over the past two years. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. It comes as the CDC reported a spike in rabies cases at the federal level among animals this summer, which has led to
What to know about a first-of-its kind flu shot for people over 50 (opens the original)
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For the first time, there's a flu shot specifically created for people over the age of 50 after the FDA approved Moderna's mFLUSIVA, the first influenza vaccine to use mRNA technology. In clinical trials, mFLUSIVA was about 26.6% more effective at preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza illness than a traditional flu vaccine, according to the Bloomberg School of Public Health. It also produced a stronger immune response than traditional vaccines in adults 65 and older, with similar rates of se
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