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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...

Boris Johnson saluda a la gente el 30 de julio del 2010 cuando, siendo alcalde de Londres, lanzó una iniciativa para promover el uso de bicicletas.

Boris Johnson: Osado, irreverente, lleno de falencias

By Associated Press

July 7, 2022 at 11:32 a.m.

Boris Johnson quería ser como su ídolo, Winston Churchul: Un mito que condujo a Gran...

Passengers check departing flights on an information board at Lisbon airport, July 5, 2022.

Most Americans say life is starting to return to pre-COVID normal, a poll shows

By The New York Times

July 6, 2022 at 9:53 a.m.

Most Americans say their lives are at least approaching pre-pandemic normalcy, according to a recent...

President Joe Biden meets with the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the Omicron variant in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Jan. 4, 2022.

Reduced COVID-19 testing across the U.S. is blurring view of the pandemic

By The New York Times

July 5, 2022 at 9:38 a.m.

At a glance, the pandemic picture in the United States may seem remarkably stable. The...

A woman wipes tears after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, Monday, July 4, 2022.

EEUU empañado por tiroteo

By Associated Press

July 5, 2022 at 8:29 a.m.

Un tiroteo que dejó al menos seis muertos durante un desfile del Día de la...

Dr. Markeita Moore, left, greets the Lewis family after Isaiah Lewis, 3, received his first COVID-19 vaccination Thursday at an Advocate Children's Medical Group clinic in the 9700 block of South Western Avenue.

Hesistant parents seek answers as COVID-19 shots begin for children 5 and under: ‘I know it’s safer for him to be vaccinated’

By Mike Nolan

July 3, 2022 at 9:03 a.m.

Chii Lewis said that long before COVID-19 vaccinations were available for children 5 and under,...

This Jan. 24, 2011, photo shows "Sesame Street" muppet Elmo posing for a portrait with the assistance of puppeteer Kevin Clash in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival to promote the documentary "Being Elmo" in Park City, Utah.

Elmo, 3, joins youngest Americans in getting COVID-19 vaccine

By Associated Press

June 30, 2022 at 9:58 a.m.

V is for vaccine. Elmo got a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, according to Sesame Workshop, the...

Visitors walk along reopened Navy Pier on May 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Cook County returns to high COVID-19 alert level as hospitalizations increase

By Jake Sheridan

June 28, 2022 at 8:08 a.m.

Cook County is once again at a high COVID-19 alert level. The county had dropped...

A long line of people seeking monkeypox vaccinations wait outside the Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic in New York on June 23, 2022.

Monkeypox cases in Chicago jump to 42 but it remains rare and is much less transmissible than COVID-19

By Jake Sheridan

June 27, 2022 at 6:11 p.m.

Chicago has 42 diagnosed monkeypox cases, the city's top doctor said Monday. That's an increase...

FILE - A health worker administers a dose of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Norristown, Pa. on Dec. 7, 2021. In a reversal for President Joe Biden, a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday, June 27, 2022, agreed to reconsider its own April ruling that allowed the administration to require federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Court revives block of COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers

By Associated Press

June 27, 2022 at 4:29 p.m.

In a reversal for President Joe Biden, a federal appeals court in New Orleans on...

ARCHIVO - Un trabajador sanitario administra una dosis de la vacuna Moderna contra COVID-19 dentro de una clínica de vacunación el martes 7 de diciembre de 2021, en el Centro de Salud Pública de Norristown. (AP Foto/Matt Rourke, Archivo)

EEUU debate si modifica vacuna contra COVID para otoño

By Associated Press

June 27, 2022 at 4:41 p.m.

Las autoridades sanitarias de Estados Unidos sopesan ofrecer nuevas vacunas de refuerzo contra el COVID-19...