Coronavirus – Page 35

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...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 17, 2022.

Dr. Anthony Fauci tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms

By Associated Press

June 15, 2022 at 2:47 p.m.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America's pandemic response through two White House administrations, has...

A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is displayed on a counter at a pharmacy in Portland, Ore. on Dec. 27, 2021.

FDA advisers back Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for older kids

By Associated Press

June 14, 2022 at 3:56 p.m.

A government advisory panel Tuesday endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children...

A Store For Rent sign is displayed at a retail property in Chicago on June 20, 2020. As much as 20% of a federal pandemic relief program intended to help small businesses weather the COVID-19 outbreak is believed to have gone to fraudsters, while some 1.6 million applications for the loans may have been approved without even being evaluated. The program overseen by the U.S. Small Business Administration is one of the key targets of a June 14, 2022, congressional hearing that is expected to look more widely at the fraud that bedeviled many of the federal COVID-19 relief programs.

Congress examines fraud in pandemic aid for small businesses

By Associated Press

June 14, 2022 at 10:30 a.m.

A congressional panel Tuesday will examine payouts under a federal coronavirus pandemic aid program intended to help...

Signs in support of the Chicago Teachers Union are handed out before a caravan from Union Park to Chicago's City Hall Jan. 5, 2022. Chicago Public Schools classes were canceled Wednesday after a Tuesday night CTU vote in favor of refusing in-person work until further COVID-19 safety measures are implemented.

CPS ends school year with 22,000 student COVID-19 cases; CTU says safety measures should remain in the fall

By Tracy Swartz

June 14, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

About one in every dozen Chicago Public Schools students contracted COVID-19 this school year, the...

Niños esperan para recibir la vacuna contra COVID-19 en una escuela en Guayaquil, Ecuador, el martes 16 de noviembre de 2021. Ecuador está vacunando a niños de 5 a 11 años con Pfizer y Sinovac. (AP Foto/Dolores Ochoa)

EEUU: Vacuna de Pfizer parece efectiva en menores de 5 años

By Associated Press

June 13, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.

Las dosis pediátricas de la vacuna de Pfizer contra el COVID-19 lucen seguras y efectivas...

El mexicano Daniel Suárez festeja su victoria en la NASCAR Cup Series en Sonoma, California, el domingo 12 de junio de 2022.

Piloto mexicano se impone en Nascar

By Associated Press

June 13, 2022 at 10:49 a.m.

Daniel Suárez se convirtió el domingo en el primer piloto nacido en México en ganar...

Vice President Kamala Harris looks over documents during a meeting with President Joe Biden and members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 9, 2021, on the latest developments related to the Omicron variant.

How COVID did away with the sick day

By The New York Times

June 13, 2022 at 10:38 a.m.

The tone of the typical isolation postcard is sunny, insistent and aspirational as a holiday...

Imagen distribuida por Disney/Pixar muestra al personaje Buzz Lightyear, con la voz de Chris Evans, en una escena de la película animada 'Lightyear', que se estrena el 17 de junio.

Emiratos Árabes Unidos veta la cinta ‘Lightyear’

By Associated Press

June 13, 2022 at 9:42 a.m.

Emiratos Árabes Unidos prohibió el lunes la exhibición en cines de la próxima película de...

Prepared Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine syringes for children ages 5 to 11 and adults are displayed on a table at Northwest Community Church in Chicago.

Pfizer COVID-19 appears effective for kids under 5

By Associated Press

June 13, 2022 at 10:02 a.m.

Federal health officials said Sunday that kid-sized doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines appear to be...

Passengers get a COVID-19 test at Heathrow Airport in London, Nov. 29, 2021.

US lifting COVID-19 test requirement for international travel

By Associated Press

June 10, 2022 at 3:03 p.m.

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within...