Coronavirus – Page 27

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...

Los Cubs en el juego del 'Campo de los Sueños': Los jugadores de los Cachorros posan para una foto antes del juego del Campo de los Sueños contra los Reds el jueves 11 de agosto de 2022 en Dyersville, Iowa.

Por primera vez desde 1915 Serie Mundial arrancará en un viernes

By Associated Press

August 15, 2022 at 2:35 p.m.

La Serie Mundial arrancará en un viernes por primera vez desde 1915 y podría acabar...

A sign asks those getting vaccinated to keep 6 feet apart during the vaccination event, Jan. 27, 2021, at Nevada Union High School in Grass Valley, Calif.

CDC drops COVID-19 quarantine for close contacts and 6-foot distancing

By Associated Press

August 11, 2022 at 4:40 p.m.

The nation's top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, dropping the recommendation that...

A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Schaumburg, Illinois, on April 1, 2022. More Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the number of unemployed continues to rise modestly, though the labor market remains one of the strongest parts of the U.S. economy.

US unemployment claims rise by 14,000 to 262,000

By Associated Press

August 11, 2022 at 9:55 a.m.

The number of Americans who signed up for unemployment benefits rose last week to the...

El papa Francisco habla con reporteros a bordo del vuelo de regreso a Roma desde Canadá, el 30 de julio de 2022, tras una visita pastoral de seis días. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/ Pool vía AP)

Papa recibe a grupo de personas transgénero

By Associated Press

August 11, 2022 at 9:22 a.m.

El papa Francisco se ha reunido con un grupo de personas transgénero que hallaron refugio...

Esta combinación de fotos provistas por la policía del condado Kent, Michigan, muestra a Barry Croft Jr., izquierda, y Adam Fox, acusados de un plan para secuestrar a la gobernadora de Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, en 2020.

Michigan: Segundo juicio por plan para secuestrar a gobernadora

By Associated Press

August 10, 2022 at 3:43 p.m.

Dos extremistas anti gobierno trataron de desatar una "segunda revolución estadounidense" secuestrando a la gobernadora...

A man pulls his mask to get his routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Aug. 9, 2022.

COVID-19 deaths fall overall by 9% and infections are stable, WHO says

By Associated Press

August 10, 2022 at 10:30 a.m.

The number of coronavirus deaths fell by 9% in the last week while new cases...

Laquitta Boyd comforts her 6-year-old daughter, Venisha, before receiving her first COVID-19 vaccination at a back-to-school health fair at the Salvation Army Freedom Center in Humboldt Park on July 30, 2022.

CPS outlines COVID-19 protocols for new school year, including expanding test-to-stay program

By Tracy Swartz

August 9, 2022 at 3:35 p.m.

The CEO of Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday revealed the district's COVID-19 protocols for the...

Saliva samples submitted for testing through SHIELD Illinois are seen at the DePaul University Loop campus on Jan. 20, 2022.

Some Illinois school districts to ditch COVID-19 tests this fall: ‘The demand really wasn’t there’

By Karen Ann Cullotta

August 8, 2022 at 2:05 p.m.

Despite the urging of the state's health department to resume school-based COVID-19 testing for students...

President Joe Biden responds to reporters questions as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on his way to his Rehoboth Beach, Del., home after his most recent COVID-19 isolation, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.

Biden leaves White House for first time since getting COVID-19

By Associated Press

August 7, 2022 at 9:02 a.m.

Ending his most recent COVID-19 isolation, President Joe Biden on Sunday left the White House...

Waukegan enterprise program offers micro grants to small businesses in the community

By Steve Sadin

August 5, 2022 at 5:46 p.m.

Small businesses in Waukegan hampered by coronavirus pandemic employing low income workers may be able...