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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...

Ambulances at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens on May 19, 2022. The hospital was considered the epicenter of the virus at the start of the pandemic.

COVID cases surge in US, but deaths stay near lows

By The New York Times

June 20, 2022 at 11:42 a.m.

For two years, the coronavirus killed Americans on a brutal, predictable schedule: A few weeks...

This photo provided by Pfizer shows the production of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 on May 2022 in Puurs, Belgium.

US opens COVID vaccine to little kids, shots begin next week

By Associated Press

June 18, 2022 at 3:18 p.m.

The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots will...

Syringes and colorful bandages are prepared as children from local schools prepare to get COVID-19 vaccines in Pittsfield, Mass., on Dec. 13, 2021.

FDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 shots for kids under 5; CDC review is next

By Associated Press

June 17, 2022 at 12:13 p.m.

U.S. regulators on Friday authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that his administration won't facilitate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for toddlers, though he said they'll be available to those who want them.

The only state not preordering toddler COVID-19 vaccines? Florida.

By Associated Press

June 17, 2022 at 6:16 a.m.

Florida is the only state that hasn't preordered COVID-19 vaccines for toddlers in anticipation of...

Pharmacy manager Marian Ohale administers a COVID-19 booster injection to Keshawna Shearrod at St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center in Chicago on May 26.

Most of Chicago area returns to medium COVID-19 level as cases and hospital rates drop

By Alice Yin

June 16, 2022 at 7:44 p.m.

Chicago and most of the surrounding area has returned to a medium COVID-19 transmission level...

President Joe Biden speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden dice que recesión ‘no es inevitable’

By Associated Press

June 16, 2022 at 5:12 p.m.

El presidente Joe Biden le dijo el jueves que el pueblo estadounidense está "muy, muy...

COVID-19 outbreak reported at Manteno veterans’ home

By Jeremy Gorner

June 15, 2022 at 6:42 p.m.

A COVID-19 outbreak at a state-run veterans' home in Manteno was reported Wednesday as the...

A boy receives a dose of China's Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a community vaccination center in Hong Kong on Feb. 25, 2022.

FDA advisers move COVID-19 shots closer for kids under 5

By Associated Press

June 15, 2022 at 4:55 p.m.

COVID-19 shots for U.S. infants, toddlers and preschoolers moved a step closer Wednesday. The Food...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for the fiscal year 2023 for the National Institutes of Health on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Anna Rose Layden/Pool Photo via AP)

EEUU: Fauci da positivo a coronavirus; tiene síntomas leves

By Associated Press

June 15, 2022 at 4:31 p.m.

El doctor Anthony Fauci, el rostro de la respuesta a la pandemia en Estados Unidos...

Mary and Dean MacMillan with their 2-year-old son,Tomas, on June 15, 2022, at their Crystal Lake home. They're not yet sure where Tomas will get vaccinated because his pediatrician does not offer the shots and he's too young to go to a pharmacy.

FDA recommends COVID-19 vaccines for little kids, but questions remain about where they’ll be available in Illinois

By Lisa Schencker

June 17, 2022 at 9:26 a.m.

Mary MacMillan is eager to get her 2-year-old son vaccinated against COVID-19, once vaccines are...