Coronavirus – Page 28

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...

Trabajadores de la construcción descargan tablaroca en un edificio residencial y comercial en construcción en el desarrollo de Essex Crossing en el Lower East Side de Manhattan, el jueves 4 de agosto de 2022. El auge de la contratación en Estados Unidos continuó el mes pasado cuando los empleadores agregaron 528,000 puestos de trabajo sorprendentes a pesar de la fuerte inflación y la creciente ansiedad por una recesión.

‘¿Qué recesión?’: Empleadores agregan 528,000 empleos en julio en EEUU

By Associated Press

August 5, 2022 at 2:32 p.m.

Desafiando el nerviosismo por una posible recesión y una inflación disparada, las empresas estadunidenses añadieron...

OREGON: MARINEROS DE SEATTLE.
Conocido por pagar bien a sus enfermeras, Oregon también es hogar de fanáticos de los Marineros de Seattle.

Cubs y Cardinals se medirán en Londres en 2023

By Associated Press

August 4, 2022 at 2:10 p.m.

El béisbol de las Grandes Ligas planea regresar a Londres el próximo año por primera...

People queue for monkeypox vaccinations at a sexual health clinic in New York's Harlem neighborhood, July 7, 2022.

What puts someone at risk of catching monkeypox?

By The New York Times

August 3, 2022 at 3:54 p.m.

As monkeypox spreads across the United States, it may be giving people flashbacks to the...

Sean Ruane, director of operations and development for Just Roots Chicago, one of the grant recipients of the Joyce Foundation's Lend a Hand Fund, at Saint James Community Farm in the Bronzeville neighborhood on July 29, 2022.

Joyce Foundation continues to meet the needs of communities during the pandemic with its Lend a Hand Fund

By Darcel Rockett

August 3, 2022 at 12:44 p.m.

Food insecurity is at the forefront of community concerns, as the latest round of Joyce...

Diego Maradona celebra un gol de Boca Juniors en un partido contra Unión Maracaibo por la Copa Libertadores el 22 de abril de 2008.

Sudamérica lanza candidatura mundial 2030 donde todo comenzó

By Associated Press

August 2, 2022 at 4:55 p.m.

Uruguay, Argentina, Chile y Paraguay oficializaron el martes la candidatura conjunta para organizar el Mundial...

El presidente Joe Biden tose mientras habla sobre "La Ley de Reducción de la Inflación de 2022", el jueves 28 de julio de 2022.

Médico: Regresan síntomas de Biden por rebrote de COVID-19

By Associated Press

August 2, 2022 at 2:56 p.m.

La tos del presidente estadounidense Joe Biden ha regresado ahora que el mandatario enfrenta un...

NorthShore's Evanston Hospital in Evanston on April 5, 2016.

NorthShore agrees to pay $10.3 million settlement in COVID-19 vaccine lawsuit over religious exemptions

By Lisa Schencker

August 2, 2022 at 12:04 p.m.

NorthShore University HealthSystem has agreed to pay $10.3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by...

El Subcomité Selecto sobre la Crisis del Coronavirus publicó los hallazgos la semana pasada sobre una investigación de un año sobre las prácticas de desalojo de cuatro grandes propietarios corporativos.

Investigación revela ‘tácticas abusivas’ de dueños corporativos para desalojar a inquilinos

By Dallas Morning News

August 1, 2022 at 10:11 a.m.

Los dueños de grandes empresas tomaron medidas agresivas para desalojar a los inquilinos incluso mientras...

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez listens on June 22, 2022, at a Board of Education meeting.

Schools ‘cautiously optimistic’ about new year, but COVID-19 worries linger. ‘Don’t forget about people with extreme circumstances.’

By Karen Ann Cullotta

August 1, 2022 at 3:03 p.m.

For the first time since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois students will soon...

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.

How long should I isolate after I test positive for COVID? UChicago’s Dr. Landon gives us a timeline.

By Darcel Rockett

August 1, 2022 at 7:15 a.m.

Two and a half years and counting. That's how long the pandemic has wreaked havoc...