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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 griego Stefanos Tsitsipas celebra su victoria sobre el ruso Karen Khachanov en la semifinal del Abierto de Australia, en Melbourne, Australia, el 27 de enero de 2023.(AP Foto/Dita Alangkara)

Djokovic y Tsitsipas se juegan el Abierto de Australia y la cima de la ATP

By Associated Press

January 27, 2023 at 9:37 a.m.

De sus considerables talentos, la capacidad de Novak Djokovic para dejar de lado lo que...

Illinois COVID-19 vaccine tracker: Daily data updates on the state’s vaccination effort

By baiduhai

January 26, 2023 at 6:28 p.m.

Illinoisans ages 12 and over are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine. Below are key...

Syringes with vaccines are prepared at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif.

FDA advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations

By Associated Press

January 26, 2023 at 5:36 p.m.

The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a...

A pharmacist gives a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest Senior Center on Sept. 9, 2022, in Chicago.

Once-a-year COVID shots proposed

By Associated Press

January 23, 2023 at 12:55 p.m.

U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot. The...

Northwestern coach Chris Collins watches during the first half of a game against Michigan State on Dec. 4, 2022.

Northwestern men’s basketball postpones a 2nd straight game because of COVID-19 protocols

By Associated Press

January 20, 2023 at 7:08 p.m.

Northwestern has postponed a second straight men's basketball game because of COVID-19 health and safety...

Sister Andre poses for a portrait at the Sainte Catherine Laboure care home in Toulon, southern France, April 27, 2022.

World’s oldest known person, a French nun, dies at 118

By Associated Press

January 18, 2023 at 5:37 p.m.

A French nun who was believed to be the world's oldest person has died a...

Northwestern coach Chris Collins gestures during the first half of a game against Indiana on Jan. 8, 2023.

COVID outbreak at Northwestern postpones Wednesday’s basketball game at Iowa

By Associated Press

January 17, 2023 at 4:46 p.m.

The men's basketball game between Iowa and Northwestern scheduled for Wednesday in Iowa City will...

Family members of the deceased wait for the cremation procedures at a funeral home in Shanghai, China on Jan. 4, 2023. China on Saturday, Jan. 14, reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints the government was failing to release data about the status of the pandemic.

China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed

By Associated Press

January 14, 2023 at 3:20 p.m.

China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December,...

Boxes of iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test kits, provided by the state of California, are ready for parents to pick up at Tulita Elementary School in Redondo Beach, California, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.

Amenaza viral triple ha disminuido, por ahora. ‘Estamos tranquilos’

By Contributed Content

January 13, 2023 at 2:38 p.m.

Con una nueva variante al acecho, como ocurrió el año pasado por estas fechas, sería...

Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner for the Chicago Department of Public Health, speaks on COVID-19 on Nov. 22, 2022.

New ‘kraken’ mutation is most contagious subvariant of COVID yet. Here’s what the Chicago area needs to know.

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

January 12, 2023 at 1:39 p.m.

Medical experts say the new COVID-19 mutation dubbed "kraken" is the most contagious subvariant of...