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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...

Un niño recibe una vacuna en Mount Vernon, Ohio, el 17 de mayo de 2019. (Foto AP/Paul Vernon)

40 millones de niños no están vacunados contra sarampión

By Associated Press

November 23, 2022 at 2:20 p.m.

La inmunización contra el sarampión ha disminuido significativamente desde la pandemia de coronavirus, por lo...

Un residente de Jackson, Mississippi, recibe un refuerzo de la vacuna de Pfizer contra el coronavirus, el 8 de febrero de 2002. (AP Foto/Rogelio V. Solis, Archivo)

Recomiendan aplicarse vacunas actualizadas contra el COVID

By Associated Press

November 22, 2022 at 1:31 p.m.

Los estadounidenses que se pusieron la vacuna actualizada de refuerzo contra el COVID-19 tienen más...

Una persona con unos paquetes frente a una oficina postal en Wheeling, Illinois, el 3 de diciembre del 2021.

Empresas de entregas listas para temporada navideña en EEUU

By Associated Press

November 21, 2022 at 12:19 p.m.

Las principales empresas de envíos de Estados Unidos se han recuperado de la crisis por...

Kane County kicking off flu season with highest rates in six years

By Megan Jones

November 20, 2022 at 8:18 a.m.

Kane County emergency rooms are seeing the highest rates of influenza among patients in six...

Ryan Dutton, an EMT from Rescue Inc., prepares shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccine during a vaccine clinic held by Rescue Inc. at Leland & Gray Middle and High School, in Townshend, Vt., on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.

Pfizer COVID booster spurs immune response to new omicron subtypes

By Associated Press

November 18, 2022 at 11:58 a.m.

Pfizer said Friday that its updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging...

FILE - A "now hiring" sign is displayed in Northbrook, Ill., on Sept. 21, 2022. The U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the July-September 2022 quarter, the government reported Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, underscoring that the United States is not in a recession despite distressingly high inflation and interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. But the economy is hardly in the clear. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Las probabilidades de recesión son de hasta 65 por ciento: Así te afectaría

By Bankrate.com

November 15, 2022 at 2:25 p.m.

Las recesiones son algo más que una economía en desaceleración, un mercado de valores volátil...

Novak Djokovic celebrates after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas during their singles tennis match of the ATP World Tour Finals, at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, Nov. 14, 2022.

Novak Djokovic, who is unvaccinated against COVID-19, is set to be granted a visa to play in Australian Open

By Associated Press

November 15, 2022 at 1:27 p.m.

A year after Novak Djokovic's high-profile deportation from Australia because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19, the 21-time...

El serbio Novak Djokovic festeja tras vencer al griego Stefanos Tsitsipas en su partido de individuales de las ATP World Tour Finals, en la Pala Alpitour en Turín, Italia, 14 de noviembre de 2022.

Djokovic recibirá visa para jugar el Abierto de Australia a pesar de haber sido deportado

By Associated Press

November 15, 2022 at 11:25 a.m.

Novak Djokovic recibirá una visa que le permitirá jugar en el próximo Abierto de Australia...

FILE - A vintage American car carries tourists next to hotel Riviera, managed by the Spanish company Iberostar, in Havana, Cuba, April 24, 2019. U.S. and Cuban officials plan to meet in Havana on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, to discuss migration policy, the latest in a series of sessions between two governments with a historically icy relationship and amid one of the biggest migratory flights from the island in decades. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Funcionarios de EEUU-Cuba se reunirán de nuevo en La Habana

By Associated Press

November 15, 2022 at 11:22 a.m.

Funcionarios estadounidenses y cubanos planean reunirse en La Habana el martes para discutir asuntos de...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Chicago, Cook County COVID-19 threat level rises to medium, health officials say

By Jake Sheridan

November 11, 2022 at 2:36 p.m.

Chicago and Cook County are once again at a medium COVID-19 threat level, the Chicago...