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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...

SureCare Pharmacy manager Oscar Uribe (cq) holds a package of Pfizer Paxlovid pills inside of Esperanza Health Center in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Pfizer's Paxlovid is a treatment for Covid-19. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

EEUU trata de mejorar la accesibilidad a fármaco para COVID

By Associated Press

May 26, 2022 at 9:53 a.m.

La Casa Blanca anunció el jueves más medidas para hacer que el tratamiento antiviral Paxlovid...

Las mascarillas siguen siendo aconsejables en todo contacto con personas vulnerables, como en hogares de ancianos, consultorios médicos u hospitales. Y preferentemente se deberían usar allí mascarillas del tipo FFP2.

La higiene tras la pandemia

By Contributed Content

May 25, 2022 at 4:46 p.m.

Higiene, higiene, higiene. En tiempos de coronavirus, ésta determinó nuestra vida cotidiana y sigue haciéndolo:...

Adam Burns works with Samantha Lewis during a physical therapy session at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Burr Ridge, Ill., Oct. 6, 2021.

More than 1 in 5 adult COVID survivors in US may develop long COVID, CDC study suggests

By The New York Times

May 25, 2022 at 8:05 a.m.

One in 5 adult COVID survivors under age 65 in the United States has experienced...

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

Face coverings remain optional in newest COVID-19 spike, but doctors encourage people to put on masks again

By Madeline Buckley

May 24, 2022 at 5:08 p.m.

After a welcome lull in new COVID-19 cases in March following the winter omicron surge,...

FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. A leading doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as "a random event" that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

Viruela del mono: ¿qué tan grave es?

By The New York Times

May 24, 2022 at 3:38 p.m.

Los funcionarios de salud están monitoreando más de 100 casos sospechosos o confirmados de viruela...

En esta imagen de archivo, Amy McCoy le canta a un niño mientras termina su comida en el jardín de infantes Forever Young Daycare, el 25 de octubre de 2021, en Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

EEUU registra una ligera subida de los nacimientos en 2021

By Associated Press

May 24, 2022 at 9:11 a.m.

Los nacimientos aumentaron en Estados Unidos el año pasado, pero no alcanzaron las cifras previas...

Physical therapist Emily Caffee works with a patient on building strength and tolerance in her shoulders at PT Solutions, May 23, 2022, in Bloomingdale. Caffee had long COVID-19 with symptoms lasting almost two years.

Long COVID symptoms lasted a median of 15 months, Northwestern study finds

By Lisa Schencker

May 24, 2022 at 8:45 a.m.

People with long COVID-19 who visited a Northwestern Medicine clinic were still experiencing symptoms such...

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester, Pa., Dec. 15, 2021.

Opponents of federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate ask appeals court to reconsider

By Associated Press

May 23, 2022 at 3:10 p.m.

A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration...

Ilana Diener holds her son, Hudson, 3, during an appointment for a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial in Commack, N.Y. on Nov. 30, 2021.

What’s next for COVID-19 vaccines for youngest US children

By Associated Press

May 23, 2022 at 1:31 p.m.

Parents hoping to get their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19 got some encouraging news Monday. Pfizer said...

This 1997 image provided by CDC, shows the right arm and torso of a patient, whose skin displayed a number of lesions due to what had been an active case of monkeypox. As more cases of monkeypox are detected in Europe and North America in 2022, some scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks in Africa say they are baffled by the unusual disease's spread in developed countries. (CDC via AP)

¿Qué es la viruela del mono?

By The New York Times

May 23, 2022 at 1:27 p.m.

El raro virus de la viruela del mono, por lo general limitado a África Central...