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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...

Jack Smith, the Department of Justice's chief of the Public Integrity Section, poses for a photo at the Department of Justice in Washington, Aug. 24, 2010.

DOJ subpoenas election officials in states Trump disputed

By Associated Press

December 6, 2022 at 2:50 p.m.

Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed local election officials in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania,...

ARCHIVO - Un cliente sale de un banco donde la gente recibe transferencias internacionales de dinero en Acatlán de Osorio, México, el 27 de junio de 2020. (AP Foto/Fernando Llano, Archivo)

BM: Aumentan las remesas a Latinoamérica en 2022

By Associated Press

December 1, 2022 at 10:46 a.m.

Las remesas a Latinoamérica y el Caribe ascendieron a 142,000 millones de dólares en los...

A woman lights candles outside the Chinese consulate during a rally to support protests in China on Nov. 29, 2022, in Chicago. Recent protests in China have been taking place in response to the governments COVID-19 regulations.

China COVID-19 lockdown protests spread to Chicago with consulate demonstration

By Jake Sheridan

November 30, 2022 at 12:51 p.m.

A crowd of protesters gathered outside China's Chicago consulate Tuesday night to protest the country's...

A medical face mask lies on the ground next to leaves from a rose stem at a rally and vigil to bring awareness about medical workers contracting COVID-19, or coronavirus, and the ongoing need for sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment, outside the University of Illinois Hospital, 1740 W. Taylor St., Friday, May 15, 2020, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

COVID-19 rises to moderate risk in Lake County as interest in masks, shots fade; ‘People have succumbed to pandemic apathy’

By Steve Sadin

November 28, 2022 at 5:35 p.m.

Masked shoppers trying to avoid getting COVID-19 or the flu are nearly nonexistent in Lake...

This image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Md.

Monkeypox Has a New Name: Mpox

By The New York Times

November 28, 2022 at 11:55 a.m.

The World Health Organization, responding to complaints that the word monkeypox conjures up racist tropes...

Carey Johnson and her son Fabian Swain are photographed wearing face masks in their Germantown, Md., home on Nov. 14, 2022. Both Carey and Fabian have recovered from COVID.

After a year, omicron is still driving COVID surges in the US and worries as families gather for holidays

By Associated Press

November 25, 2022 at 8:42 a.m.

A year after omicron began its assault on humanity, the ever-morphing coronavirus mutant drove COVID-19...

Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 Board of Education President Brandon Ewing speaks during a meeting Tuesday while Superintendent Theresa Plascencia checks a document. (S

District 60 board sets new goals for superintendent, including bolstering student achievement lost during pandemic

By Steve Sadin

November 24, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.

Helping students recover from missed learning during the coronavirus pandemic and teachers overcome the lingering...

Angelica Green outlines the etched name of her cousin, Chicago police Field Training Officer Titus Moore, during the unveiling of names at the Gold Star Families Memorial and Park last year. Moore is one of four officers added who died from COVID-19 symptoms in 2020.

3 Chicago officers who died battling COVID-19 receive line-of-duty death designations nearly a year later

By A.D. Quig

November 23, 2022 at 8:01 p.m.

This holiday season is a difficult reminder for Liz Huerta. "It's starting to bring up...

En esta fotografía suministrada el 23 de noviembre de 2022, manifestantes se enfrentan con personal de seguridad vestido de blanco en la fábrica operada por Foxconn Technology Group que incluye la planta de ensamble de iPhones más grande del mundo en Zhengzhou, en la provincia de Henan, en China.

China: Empleados de fábrica de iPhones protestan por salario

By Associated Press

November 23, 2022 at 4:10 p.m.

La policía golpeó a trabajadores que protestaban por una disputa salarial en la mayor fábrica...

A registered nurse and immunization outreach coordinator with the Knox County Health Department, administers a vaccination to a kid at the facility in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Friday May 17, 2019. In a report issued Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles immunization has dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million children missing a vaccine dose last year.

A record 40 million kids miss measles vaccine dose

By Associated Press

November 23, 2022 at 3:19 p.m.

The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles...