Dina Bair
News Anchor and Medical Reporter at WGN-TV (Chicago, IL)
A work in progress... Mom of 4, WGN News Anchor/Medical Reporter, Cancer Survivor!!
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1 day ago |
wgntv.com | Dina Bair |Katharin Czink
In his first official appointment, Pope Leo named a woman to head a major Vatican office. Sister Simona Brambilla is now the prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church’s religious orders. Nuns at the Augustinian Nuns Monastery in New Lenox, celebrated the appointment and their new Holy Father. Bob Prevost was a frequent visitor to the monastery as an adult.
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3 days ago |
wgntv.com | Katharin Czink |Dina Bair
You may have noticed Pope Leo often bursts into song. Now it’s become a call to action. From mass to his first Regina Caeli greeting, Pope Leo lifts his voice in song. That beautiful sound, sparked an idea from a priest at the pontifical institute of sacred music. Father Robert Mehlhart, OP is president of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music.
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4 days ago |
wgntv.com | Dina Bair |Katharin Czink
There were many Chicagoans who joined people from around the world in St. Peter’s Square to welcome Pope Leo. And Augustinians showed up in force. That’s the order then Robert Francis Prevost joined as a young man. There are only 2,500 Augustinian brothers worldwide, so they are a close-knit order. What does it mean to be an Augustinian and how did that shape the man who is now pope?
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1 week ago |
wgntv.com | Dina Bair |Katharin Czink
Medical Watch Digest for May 29The Trump Administration scraps funding for a vaccine development. Nearly $800 million dollars was awarded to Moderna to come up with a vaccine against potential, pandemic influenza viruses. This includes the h5n1 bird flu. The cancellation comes as the drugmaker announced positive results from a vaccine trial targeting that virus. Scientists are worried, the bird flu virus could become more harmful or spread more easily among people… Possibly causing a pandemic.
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1 week ago |
wgntv.com | Dina Bair
For Tuesday, May 27, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information, including:The benefits of midlife weight lossShedding those pesky pounds that build up as we age is a meaningful way to prolong life without surgery or medication. It’s not always easy but it works. Weight loss in middle age is a powerful tool to ward off diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
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RT @BenBradleyTV: How’s this for a passion project: @DinaBairWGN’s husband John Maher wrote 50 songs for 50 states. He wrote the lyrics and…
Mike: why no close ups of you on the broadcast? Were you in a pre draft scuffle with Joe Douglas over another Jets High draft QB? 🥊 👁
Thank you everybody for all the kind words about last night - it was as exciting and enjoyable as anything I’ve ever been part of. And tonight - we get twice as much fun. See you for rounds 2-3 starting at 7et. #NFLDraft https://t.co/3mQLiOcbJt
Hi Brody. We are no longer doing those on the air. But feel free to give someone a shoutout!
@DinaBairWGN @WGNNews Hi. Are you still accepting "Thank You" FB posts for people who helped during Covid? Thanks! Take care.
