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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...

Migrantes protestan frente al Consulado de Estados Unidos en Tijuana, estado de Baja California, México, el 9 de enero de 2023.

EEUU estudia nuevas maneras de deportar a México a migrantes

By Contributed Content

February 9, 2023 at 10:28 a.m.

Estados Unidos estudia la posibilidad de deportar a México a migrantes que procedan no solo...

Venezuelan migrants who have been sleeping on the streets of El Paso wait outside a shelter run by Sacred Heart Church during a visit by New York City Mayor Eric Adams in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023.

EEUU acabará política migratoria de Trump cuando expire emergencia sanitaria

By Contributed Content

February 8, 2023 at 1:22 p.m.

La Administración del presidente estadounidense, Joe Biden, ha afirmado este martes que pondrá fin a...

En esta fotografía del 29 de marzo de 2020 proporcionada por la Armada estadounidense, personal médico asignado al buque hospital USNS Mercy anclado en el puerto de Los Ángeles atiende a un paciente que no tiene COVID-19 proveniente de una instalación médica de la ciudad, con el fin de que los hospitales tengan más espacio para los pacientes con coronavirus. (Erwin Jacob Miciano, especialista de 2da clase en comunicación de masas/Armada de EEUU vía AP)

Mientras el COVID hacía estragos, otra amenaza mortal aumentaba en los hospitales

By Emily Alpert Reyes

February 7, 2023 at 4:25 p.m.

Cuando el COVID-19 comenzó a arrasar California, los hospitales se vieron inundados de pacientes enfermos....

In a 2021 file photo, a vaccinator administers a COVID-19 shot at the Lake County health department's temporary facility at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.

Column: With COVID emergency declarations ending, hopefully we have learned from the experience

By Charles Selle

February 6, 2023 at 1:07 p.m.

Looks like the COVID-19 pandemic is ending not with a bang, but a whimper. That...

Una tienda Elektra en Rosarito, California, que es un lugar popular para recoger remesas de Estados Unidos.

Remesas de migrantes mexicanos aumentan 13.4% en 2022

By Associated Press

February 1, 2023 at 12:46 p.m.

El dinero que los migrantes mexicanos envían a sus familias aumentó 13.4% en 2022, para...

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

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 disaster declaration to end May 11, more than three years after it was first issued

By Dan Petrella

January 31, 2023 at 6:29 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's COVID-19 disaster declaration for Illinois will end May 11, falling in line...

Archivo - Un tanque ruso Armata, al frente, rueda por la Plaza Roja en Moscú, Rusia, el domingo 6 de mayo de 2018, durante un ensayo para el desfile militar del Día de la Victoria. (AP Foto/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Archivo)

EEUU acusa a Rusia de incumplir el nuevo tratado de armas nucleares

By Contributed Content

January 31, 2023 at 4:25 p.m.

Las autoridades estadounidenses han acusado este martes a Rusia de incumplir los términos del Nuevo...

Former US President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2023. - (Photo by Logan Cyrus / AFP)
Governor Ron DeSantis gestures during a news conference where he spoke of new law enforcement legislation that will be introduced during the upcoming session, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

DeSantis alude a su incuestionable victoria para responder críticas de Trump

By Contributed Content

January 31, 2023 at 4:18 p.m.

El gobernador de Florida, el republicano Ron DeSantis, ha aludido a su incuestionable victoria en...

Archivo - El presidente Joe Biden se reúne con el Equipo de Respuesta al COVID-19 de la Casa Blanca para actuar frente a la variante ómicron el 4 de enero de 2022, en Washington, D.C. (AP Foto/Andrew Harnik, Archivo)

EEUU pondrá fin a la emergencia sanitaria por COVID-19 en mayo

By Contributed Content

January 31, 2023 at 12:28 p.m.

El Gobierno de Estados Unidos ha anunciado este lunes al Congreso del país que pondrá...

President Joe Biden talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, after returning from an event in Baltimore on infrastructure.

President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 after nearly three years

By Associated Press

January 30, 2023 at 5:44 p.m.

President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies...