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A man is tested for the coronavirus outside Loretto Hospital in Chicago on April 27, 2020. (Antonio Perez / baiduhai)

Today in History: COVID death toll hits 1 million

By Associated Press

September 28, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Sept. 28, 2020, the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic reached 1 million, according...

Gov. JB Pritzker joined Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, second from left, and public health experts in updating residents on March 12, 2020, in the early days of the pandemic. Illinois, Chicago and Cook County received $11 billion through the American Rescue Plan Act amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A Tribune-University of Chicago Mansueto Institute analysis revealed few efforts to identify potential waste and abuse of that money. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency

By Dan Petrella

September 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Tribune and the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute examined how Illinois, Chicago and Cook...

A certified medical assistant holds a syringe for a flu vaccine at a clinic in Seattle on Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion

By Lauren Neergaard

September 2, 2026 at 9:16 a.m.

Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this...

El serbio Novak Djokovic durante su partido con el ruso Daniil Medvedev en semifinales del ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship en Dubai, el 3 de marzo de 2023.

Novak Djokovic se retira de Indian Wells al no poder entrar a EEUU

By Contributed Content

March 6, 2023 at 11:20 a.m.

El serbio Novak Djokovic, número uno del mundo, se ha retirado del torneo de Indian...

Children from kindergarten to fifth grade arrive for in-person learning at Sutherland Elementary School in Chicago on March 1, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study: 1 in 4 parents misled others about their child’s COVID status earlier in the pandemic

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

March 6, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

Roughly 1 in 4 American parents lied to or misled others about their child's COVID-19...

A security worker moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. The origin of the coronavirus remains shrouded in mystery.

Letters: We want the origin of COVID-19 to be a lab leak, but life isn’t a movie

By baiduhai

March 3, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

I'm concerned for the state of journalism when a single story in The Wall Street...

President Joe Biden speaks to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference, March 1, 2023, in Baltimore.

Biden begins push for funding for pandemic fraud measures

By Associated Press

March 2, 2023 at 7:32 a.m.

President Joe Biden's administration is asking Congress to agree to pay more than $1.6 billion...

Staff members receive the novel coronavirus strain transported from Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, at a laboratory of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 25, 2020.

COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins

By Associated Press

March 1, 2023 at 1:37 p.m.

COVID-19's origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it's still unclear...

People, some wearing face masks visit the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2023.

China says it’s been ‘open and transparent’ on COVID-19 origins

By Associated Press

February 28, 2023 at 6:51 a.m.

China on Tuesday said it has been "open and transparent" in the search for the...

This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, which cause COVID-19. A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab?

COVID-19 origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic, despite report hinting at a lab leak

By Associated Press

February 27, 2023 at 6:25 p.m.

A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the world since the COVID-19...

In this undated photo provided on July 23, 2020 by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a new chicken farm being built in Hwangju County, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea food shortage worsens amid COVID, but no famine yet

By Associated Press

February 26, 2023 at 8:56 a.m.

There's little doubt that North Korea's chronic food shortages worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks about the city's pension board at City Hall on Feb. 21, 2023.

Lightfoot defends police pension board against criticism it unfairly denied cops with COVID full disability benefits

By Hank Sanders

February 21, 2023 at 6:52 p.m.

In dueling news conferences, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza clashed over...

The Illinois Prairie Path crossing at Farnsworth Avenue in Aurora, with Marshall Boulevard just to the north.

Aurora approves contract to improve Prairie Path crossing at Farnsworth Avenue

By Steve Lord

February 16, 2023 at 2:10 p.m.

The Aurora City Council this week approved second phase engineering for a plan to improve...