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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...

24. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | Director: Hayao Miyazaki - Puntuación Stacker: 92 - Metascore: 86 - IMDb: 8.2 - Duración: 86 minutos.

Jon Landau, productor de ‘Avatar’: ‘Si la vida es en 3D, ¿por qué no deben verse así las películas?’

By Contributed Content

December 16, 2022 at 11:50 a.m.

'Avatar: El sentido del agua', la primera de las al menos cuatro secuelas que James...

Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, receives a bivalent COVID-19 booster in November from pharmacist Atenea Gazdziak in Chicago, after encouraging people to get vaccinated against the flu and COVID-19 variants.

Chicago will soon return to high COVID levels, city’s top doctor says — and an indoor mask advisory could follow

By Lisa Schencker

December 16, 2022 at 7:59 a.m.

Chicago's top doctor is warning that she expects the city to soon be at high...

Ald. Michael Rodriguez, 22nd, at a Chicago City Council meeting on May 25. Rodriguez unveiled a proposal to spend $10 million in unallocated federal COVID-19 recovery funding to help low-income Chicagoans pay property tax bills.

Aldermen want to use COVID-19 relief money to give property tax loans to struggling Chicagoans

By A.D. Quig

December 15, 2022 at 12:14 p.m.

As Chicagoans face down a holiday deadline to pay their property tax bills, Ald. Michael...

President Joe Biden speaks to African leaders gathered for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Dec. 14, 2022, in Washington.

White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests

By Associated Press

December 15, 2022 at 7:09 a.m.

The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its...

Jenny Sze, ED Registrar checks in with a patient at St Vincent's Hospital Emergency Department on Dec. 4, 2021, in Sydney, Australia.

Long COVID has played a role in more than 3,500 deaths in the US, CDC says

By The New York Times

December 14, 2022 at 7:27 a.m.

Long COVID has caused or contributed to at least 3,500 deaths in the United States,...

Commuters with and without masks walk through Los Angeles Union Station on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles, CA..

¿Se avecina uso obligatorio de mascarillas para enero?

By Luke Money

December 13, 2022 at 12:43 p.m.

Con el aumento de los casos de coronavirus y el empeoramiento de las hospitalizaciones, el...

Tina Sandri, CEO of Forest Hills of DC senior living facility, passes a COVID-19 informational sign while walking to her office on Dec. 8, 2022.

COVID-related hospitalizations going up in US, signaling a rising risk for seniors

By Associated Press

December 11, 2022 at 9:14 a.m.

Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing...

Residents line up for medicine at a pharmacy in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests.

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

By Associated Press

December 11, 2022 at 8:55 a.m.

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and...

Tanvi Nayak, 22, receives a bivalent COVID-19 booster from pharmacist Morgan Murphy at the CVS store at 25 E. Ohio St. in October.

Holiday season bringing another rise in COVID-19

By Dan Petrella

December 10, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

In what's become an unwelcome tradition over the past two years, coronavirus cases and hospitalizations...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks to supporters after he defeated GOP challenger Darren Bailey on Nov. 8, 2022, in Chicago. Pritzker on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, signed into law a measure that officials say will eliminate a $1.8 billion debt in the pandemic-battered account that pays out unemployment benefits.

Gov J.B. Pritzker signs plan to eliminate debt in unemployment fund

By Associated Press

December 8, 2022 at 8:27 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed into law a measure that officials say will eliminate...