Christine Herman
Christine Herman spent nine years studying chemistry before she left the bench to report on issues at the intersection of science and society. She started in radio in 2014 as a journalism graduate student at the University of Illinois and a broadcast intern at Radio Health Journal. Christine has been working at WILL since 2015.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Barbara Allen’s life became more complicated overnight. Allen, 39, lives in Springfield, Illinois, where she cares for... -
On the outskirts of Rantoul, in east-central Illinois, about 100 migrant farmworkers are living at an old hotel in a sleepy part of town. Every day at... -
Over the past decade, more than 100 hospitals in rural parts of America — including at least 20 in the Midwest — have closed. In some cases, the... -
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 28-year-old Mayra Ramirez was working as a paralegal for an immigration law firm in Chicago. She enjoyed walking her... -
As universities prepare to welcome students back to campus for the fall semester, some are counting on widespread COVID-19 testing to help clamp down on... -
Maricel Mendoza is familiar with the work migrant and seasonal farmworkers do. Growing up, her family traveled from Texas to central Illinois every year... -
Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago announced Thursday they’ve performed the first successful double lung transplant on a COVID-19... -
As states move toward reopening their economies, officials are emphasizing the need to expand their capacity to test for COVID-19. But many say their... -
This is part of Essential Voices, a series of interviews with people confronting COVID-19. Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, local public health... -
This is part of Essential Voices, a series of interviews with people confronting COVID-19. Health care workers and first responders face serious risks...
