“Until it is safe to congregate again, we will be treating the [61st Street] Market like a grocery store and not a community event,” said Connie Spreen, the co-owner of Experimental Station in Woodlawn, which hosts the Saturday .Like other Chicago farmers market organizers, Spreen is waiting for word from city officials about when she can open her outdoor market, tentatively scheduled for May 16. Officials at the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events said in a statement that they’re still deciding.“Plans for summer programming and events remain under discussion … our...…“Until it is safe to congregate again, we will be treating the [61st Street] Market like a grocery store and not a community event,” said Connie Spreen, the co-owner of Experimental Station in Woodlawn, which hosts the Saturday .Like other Chicago farmers market organizers, Spreen is waiting for word from city officials about when she can open her outdoor market, tentatively scheduled for May 16. Officials at the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events said in a statement that they’re still deciding.“Plans for summer programming and events remain under discussion … our...WW…

In the Chicago area, teens and young adults are developing red, purple, sore and itchy toes that doctors are informally calling “COVID toes.”Dr. Amy Paller, the chair of dermatology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said that in the past week she’s gotten more than 50 reports of new pediatric cases in the Chicago area. She said she expects many more cases as news of the condition spreads.“We don’t know for sure if it’s related to COVID-19,” she said. “But when it’s so common right now during a pandemic, and is occurring in otherwise asymptomatic or mildly affected...…In the Chicago area, teens and young adults are developing red, purple, sore and itchy toes that doctors are informally calling “COVID toes.”Dr. Amy Paller, the chair of dermatology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said that in the past week she’s gotten more than 50 reports of new pediatric cases in the Chicago area. She said she expects many more cases as news of the condition spreads.“We don’t know for sure if it’s related to COVID-19,” she said. “But when it’s so common right now during a pandemic, and is occurring in otherwise asymptomatic or mildly affected...WW…