Coronavirus – Page 24

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...

En esta imagen publicada por la Agencia de Noticias Xinhua, rescatistas trasladan a un vecino afectado por el terremoto por una carretera de montaña dañada cerca de la localidad de Moxi, en el condado Luding, en la provincia suroccidental china de Sichuan, el miércoles 7 de septiembre de 2022.

Aguaceros complican la recuperación tras el sismo en China

By Associated Press

September 8, 2022 at 9:59 a.m.

Fuertes lluvias complicaban el jueves los esfuerzos de recuperación tras un sismo en el suroeste...

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.

Updated COVID-19 boosters roll out at Illinois pharmacies, city-run clinics

By Lisa Schencker

September 6, 2022 at 4:10 p.m.

Chicago leaders are urging the 1.8 million city residents now eligible for new, updated COVID-19...

New COVID-19 boosters available in Chicago starting this week: What you need to know

By A.D. Quig

September 6, 2022 at 12:47 p.m.

With a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel signing off late Thursday on updated...

This August 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows vials of the company's updated COVID-19 vaccine during production in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no.

By Associated Press

September 6, 2022 at 11:57 a.m.

Is the coronavirus on its way out? You might think so. New, updated booster shots are being...

Watch live: Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Dr. Allison Arwady discuss COVID-19 vaccines in Chicago

By baiduhai

September 6, 2022 at 10:37 a.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady will provide an update...

Should you get a new COVID booster? If so, when?

By Associated Press

September 2, 2022 at 1:53 p.m.

John Wherry will wait until later in the fall to consider getting an updated COVID-19...

People walk on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus on Dec. 9, 2020.

COVID cases spike at U of I. Masks are now ‘strongly recommended’ but not mandated in most settings on campus.

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

August 31, 2022 at 8:17 p.m.

As the fall semester gets underway, COVID-19 cases are surging at the University of Illinois...

Illinois expecting 580,000 initial doses of updated COVID vaccine next week

By Lisa Schencker

August 31, 2022 at 5:32 p.m.

Illinois expects to get about 580,000 initial doses next week of updated COVID-19 boosters that...

A pharmacist injects a patient with a booster dosage of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 29, 2021.

US clears updated COVID boosters targeting the newest variants — and shots could begin within days

By Associated Press

August 31, 2022 at 3:23 p.m.

The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target...

Esta fotografía del 1 de julio de 2021 muestra a Emily Shapiro en Asbury Park, Nueva Jersey. Con 23 años de edad, Shapiro dice que no quiere tener hijos. (Christen Zorzi vía AP)

¿Por qué la renuencia de los jóvenes a tener hijos?

By Associated Press

August 31, 2022 at 3:32 p.m.

Con 24 años de edad, El Johnson ha decidido que no tendrá hijos, aunque ella...