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Margaret Orozco pushes her bike to get tested for coronavirus outside Loretto Hospital in Chicago on April 27, 2020.

Op-ed: The U.S. has failed to follow the lead of other countries in mitigating COVID-19

January 3, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Why aren't we paying more attention to the experience of other countries in responding to COVID-19? There is no particular country that has the answer to controlling the pandemic —...

Op-ed: Here’s the lowdown on the latest in COVID-19 medication

November 17, 2021 at 2:44 p.m.

With COVID-19 cases surging in Europe and the possibility of a new late-year wave in the U.S., it is becoming clear that vaccination alone will not result in the desired...

A health worker inoculates a man with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a health center in New Delhi, India on Oct. 21, 2021. India administered its billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose on Oct. 21, according to the health ministry, half a year after a devastating surge in cases brought the health system close to collapse.

Op-ed: Is this fall downturn the end of COVID-19? Why we don’t know for sure.

October 26, 2021 at 8:52 a.m.

The Greek historian Herodotus lived through the plague of Athens, one of the world's first great pandemics. He wrote, "Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances." So it is...

Workers spray antiseptic solution in an airplane in 2015 at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, amid rising public concerns over the spread of the MERS virus.

Op-ed: With COVID-19, we were too often fighting the wrong pandemic. But there are new grounds for optimism.

October 11, 2021 at 9:56 a.m.

If it is true that generals fight the last war and economists fight the last depression, then the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that doctors fight the last pandemic. Some experts...

Roseland Community Hospital intensive care unit nurse Subu Kirugulige tends to a COVID-19 patient on April 15, 2020.

Op-ed: Long COVID-19 may have consequences for decades. We need to study it.

September 14, 2021 at 6:49 p.m.

William Faulkner once wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even the past." He meant that events from the past can still affect us now or in the future....

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Op-ed: COVID-19 vaccines are a must in health care facilities as delta variant remains at large

July 28, 2021 at 10:59 a.m.

In the latest phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the extremely contagious delta variant is now causing at least 80% of the infections in the U.S. . The emergence of the...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

Commentary: Illinois can safely start to reopen, if we follow these measures

May 18, 2020 at 2:28 p.m.

Three early lessons from the COVID-19 epidemic: Tight lockdown is workable as a short-term strategy but loses effectiveness and brings unintended consequences over time. The idea that society cannot resume...

Pitkin County Open Space and Trails ranger Pryce Hadley puts a new social distancing sign at the trailhead of Smuggler Mountain Road on March 24, 2020, in Aspen, Colo. The sign urges people to follow the social distancing guidelines to help keep access to public spaces available during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Commentary: A region-specific strategy could slow the coronavirus and protect the U.S. economy

March 24, 2020 at 9:05 p.m.

Sometime within the next few weeks, the federal government will have to make arguably the most far-reaching policy decision since World War II. The strategy of social isolation to mitigate...

A man rides his bike by the Chicago River after St. Patrick's Day events were canceled due to coronavirus on March 14, 2020.

Commentary: Doctors’ advice: What we can do now to slow the coronavirus

March 16, 2020 at 12:03 p.m.

As Chicago and other communities across the U.S. and around the world put drastic measures in place to control the coronavirus pandemic, many questions have arisen about what else we...

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