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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...

A nurse injects a volunteer with the Novavax Vaccine during a trial at Howard University Hospital in Washington, on Jan. 22, 2021.

COVID rises across U.S. amid muted warnings and murky data

By The New York Times

July 18, 2022 at 10:53 a.m.

COVID-19 is surging around the United States again in what experts consider the most transmissible...

East Aurora School District to hire six retired police officers to monitor buildings, conduct safety studies

By Megan Jones

July 15, 2022 at 5:22 p.m.

East Aurora School District 131 is hiring six retired police officers to serve as security...

COVID-19: cinco preguntas sobre las variantes BA.4 y BA.5 y algo más

By The New York Times

July 15, 2022 at 2:52 p.m.

Cuando la pandemia de COVID-19 comenzó en 2020, teníamos una cantidad aparentemente interminable de preguntas...

A health worker prepares a shot of the CoronaVac vaccine on the first day of a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children age 3 and 4 at a vaccination center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

¿Tendrán los estadounidenses la vacuna covid correcta este otoño? Quizá

By Melissa Healy

July 15, 2022 at 10:55 a.m.

En unos pocos meses, el clima se volverá fresco, se acercará la temporada navideña y...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker sits down for an interview at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Chicago on June 29, 2022.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker ends COVID vaccine mandates at colleges as he tweaks many statewide pandemic restrictions

By Dan Petrella

July 15, 2022 at 6:14 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is ending Illinois' COVID-19 vaccine mandate for college students and faculty and...

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update on the ongoing Federal response to COVID-19, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

White House urges caution on COVID variants and pushes boosters

By Associated Press

July 12, 2022 at 3:59 p.m.

The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of...

Medical staff wait for arrivals at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Harlan High School in Chicago on May 11, 2022.

‘The virus is not done with us yet’: New COVID-19 variants better evade antibodies, doctors say

By Madeline Buckley

July 12, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

For people who contracted COVID-19 during earlier omicron surges, doctors have some unwelcome news: You...

A nurse prepares to administer vaccine for COVID-19 at a private vaccination center in Gauhati, India, April 10, 2022.

New COVID-19 mutation raises concerns

By Associated Press

July 11, 2022 at 7:10 a.m.

The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that's worrying scientists...

El pintor Hassan Naderali saluda a una residente mientras pinta un edificio antiguo en el barrio histórico de Oudlajan, en Teherán, Irán, el lunes 20 de junio de 2022. (Foto AP/Vahid Salemi)

Pintores de Irán buscan capturar y preservar antiguo Teherán

By Associated Press

July 8, 2022 at 1:40 p.m.

Los residentes de Teherán, acostumbrados a enfurecerse con el tráfico lento, sofocarse en el calor...

Leones y tigres de bengala se observan en el santuario de animales "Black Jaguar White Tiger" en las afueras de la Ciudad de México, el jueves 7 de julio de 2022. Las autoridades comenzaron a retirar casi 200 grandes felinos, incluidos leones, tigres y jaguares, que fueron encontrados. en el centro de rescate de animales en las montañas en el lado sur de la ciudad.

Avanzan en desalojo de felinos de refugio mexicano

By Associated Press

July 8, 2022 at 10:15 a.m.

Las autoridades desalojaron el jueves a un segundo grupo de grandes felinos y monos de...