Coronavirus – Page 26

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...

Parents say goodbye to their children at Locke Elementary School in the Montclare neighborhood on Aug. 22, 2022 as Chicago Public Schools students return to the classroom.

CPS students head back to class after a short summer as district aims for ‘recovery year’

By Tracy Swartz

March 6, 2024 at 11:31 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools students returned to classrooms Monday after a shorter-than-usual summer. The start date...

ARCHIVO - Un trabajador sanitario administra una dosis de la vacuna contra COVID-19 de Pfizer en Reading, Pensilvania, el 14 de septiembre de 2021. (AP Foto/Matt Rourke, Archivo)

Pfizer busca aprobación de refuerzo actualizado de su vacuna

By Associated Press

August 22, 2022 at 4:17 p.m.

Pfizer pidió el lunes a los reguladores de Estados Unidos que autoricen su combinación de...

FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 22, 2020, in Washington. Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name, and the subject of partisan attacks, during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than 5 decades of service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Fauci dice que se retirará en diciembre

By Associated Press

August 22, 2022 at 11:48 a.m.

El doctor Anthony Fauci, el máximo experto en enfermedades infecciosas de Estados Unidos, anunció el...

Students get on a bus outside of Skinner West Elementary School in CPS on Aug. 30, 2021, in Chicago.

After just 68 days of summer, Chicago Public Schools’ new year starts Monday. Here’s what you need to know.

By Tracy Swartz

August 22, 2022 at 10:01 a.m.

Those 68 days sure flew by. Chicago Public Schools students return to classrooms Monday, one...

President Joe Biden looks at his grandson Beau Biden as first lady Jill Biden waves and walks to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Aug. 10, 2022. Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will leave South Carolina, where she's been isolated since vacationing with President Joe Biden. Her office says the 71-year-old first lady will rejoin the president at their Delaware beach home later Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022.

Jill Biden tests negative for COVID-19, will go to Delaware

By Associated Press

August 21, 2022 at 8:58 a.m.

First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will leave South Carolina, where she had isolated since vacationing...

Commuters wearing face masks wait at an intersection during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

OMS: Caen 24% casos globales de COVID; más muertes en Asia

By Associated Press

August 18, 2022 at 1:19 p.m.

Los casos nuevos de COVID-19 reportados globalmente cayeron casi una cuarta parte la semana pasada,...

En esta foto de archivo del martes 15 de septiembre de 2009, los exjueces del Tribunal del Condado de Luzerne Michael Conahan, al frente a la izquierda, y Mark Ciavarella, al frente a la derecha, salen del Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos en Scranton, Pensilvania.

EEUU: Jueces ordenaban cárcel a niños a cambio de sobornos

By Associated Press

August 17, 2022 at 1:01 p.m.

Dos jueces en Pensilvania que organizaron un esquema para enviar a menores a prisiones privadas...

President Joe Biden speaks before signing the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022.

Biden firma histórica ley de clima y salud

By Associated Press

August 16, 2022 at 5:19 p.m.

El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden firmó el martes una iniciativa de ley sin precedentes impulsada...

Los 30 futbolistas mejor pagados en Europa en 2022: 29. Lucas Hernández (Bayern Munich): 18,000,000 euros

El Argentina-Brasil no volverá a jugarse

By Associated Press

August 16, 2022 at 3:41 p.m.

El partido suspendido hace casi un año entre Argentina y Brasil por las eliminatorias de...

Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19 and has ‘mild’ symptoms

By Associated Press

August 16, 2022 at 1:08 p.m.

First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing "mild symptoms," the White...