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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...

CHA CEO Tracey Scott said in an emailed statement, "As a mission-driven organization that serves families, seniors and people experiencing housing insecurity, everyone who works at CHA must operate from a place of integrity."

16 Chicago Housing Authority workers fired over PPP pandemic loan fraud; 17th person resigned

By A.D. Quig

July 25, 2022 at 5:55 p.m.

Sixteen Chicago Housing Authority employees were fired and one has quit after an internal investigation...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker during an interview at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Chicago on June 29, 2022.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker out of isolation after testing negative for COVID-19

By Dan Petrella

July 25, 2022 at 11:42 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has tested negative for the coronavirus after spending five days in isolation,...

A Moore swab containing a tampon just before it's lowered into a Northwest Side sewer to test wastewater for the presence of COVID-19 and variants on July 21, 2022.

Tampons present an innovative way for scientists, researchers to test for COVID-19 in sewers

By Adriana Pérez

July 25, 2022 at 11:09 a.m.

On a sunny Thursday morning, at the mostly quiet intersection of Clifton Avenue and Broadway,...

President Joe Biden speaks virtually during a meeting with his economic team in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Friday, July 22, 2022.

Biden improves ‘significantly’ after COVID diagnosis

By Associated Press

July 24, 2022 at 2:07 p.m.

President Joe Biden continues to "improve significantly" despite a lingering sore throat from his coronavirus infection,...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is seen during an interview in her campaign headquarters in Chicago on June 8, 2022. Cook County will pay the nonprofit group RIP Medical Debt $12 million over the next three years to buy medical debt accumulated at hospitals across Cook County for pennies on the dollar.

Cook County hopes to eliminate $1 billion in residents’ medical debt. Here’s how.

By A.D. Quig

July 21, 2022 at 5:10 p.m.

Starting this fall, residents across Cook County will receive a note in the mail bearing...

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media after exiting Air Force One, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is returning from a trip to Somerset, Mass., where he spoke about climate change.

President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19

By Associated Press

July 21, 2022 at 10:32 a.m.

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is experiencing "very mild symptoms,"...

Becky Trimble and her 3-year-old son, Cole, of Mequon, Wisconsin, sit together after he received a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from pharmacist Jignesh Gandhi at Rana-Reagan, June 20, 2022, in Bloomingdale.

Only 5.3% of Illinois children under 5 have received a COVID-19 vaccine, worrying pediatricians

By Lisa Schencker

July 20, 2022 at 6:13 p.m.

Only about 5.3% of Illinois children under 5 have received at least one dose of...

A kidney dish with syringes containing the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sits in a refrigerator ready for use at a vaccination center in Prisdorf, Germany, Feb. 26, 2022.

CDC advisers endorse more traditional Novavax COVID vaccine

By Associated Press

July 19, 2022 at 3:28 p.m.

U.S. adults who haven't gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker cheers with the crowd at his primary election night party on June 28, 2022, at the Marriott Marquis Grand Horizon Ballroom in Chicago.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker tests positive for COVID-19

By Dan Petrella

July 19, 2022 at 5:10 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, whose efforts to combat COVID-19 have dominated his first term, has tested...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on May 11, 2021.

Dr. Fauci plans to step down by end of Biden’s first term, and says COVID isn’t going anywhere

By Dave Goldiner

July 18, 2022 at 4:29 p.m.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said he plans to leave his post as the nation's top health...