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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 holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, right, and a vial of the vaccine for adults, which has a different colored label, at a vaccination station in Jackson, Miss., Feb. 8, 2022.

Pfizer says 3 doses of its COVID vaccine protect kids under 5

By Associated Press

May 23, 2022 at 11:39 a.m.

Three doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the...

People wait to be vaccinated at the COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Carver Elementary School.

As COVID-19 cases rise, 60% of kids 5 to 11 in Illinois are still unvaccinated

By Joe Mahr

May 23, 2022 at 9:17 a.m.

On a steamy spring morning, Dave Jordan sat in the un-air-conditioned gym at Harlan Community...

Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses delegates during the first day of the 75th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, May 22, 2022.

COVID pandemic is ‘most certainly not over,’ head of World Health Organization warns

By Associated Press

May 22, 2022 at 11:40 a.m.

The COVID-19 pandemic is "most certainly not over," the head of the World Health Organization...

First grader Jesiah Flagg, 7, tears up while as he's comforted by his parents before getting his COVID-19 vaccination at the Chicago Public Schools vaccine clinic at Carver Elementary School in Chicago's Altgeld Murray Homes on May 19, 2022.

Getting kids vaccinated

By Antonio Perez

May 22, 2022 at 5:13 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools' Carver Elementary School holds a COVID-19 vaccine clinic.

Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, announces the end to indoor mask requirements, Feb. 22, 2022.

Chicago expected to reach ‘high’ COVID-19 level as soon as next week

By Alice Yin

May 21, 2022 at 8:08 a.m.

Chicago is expected to increase to a "high" community level of COVID-19 next week as...

Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, CDC says

By Associated Press

May 20, 2022 at 6:20 a.m.

Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, advisers...

A hiring sign is displayed outside a Starbucks in Schaumburg, Illinois, on April 1, 2022. The number of Americans applying for jobless aid ticked up slightly last week but the total number of Americans collecting benefits remained at its lowest level in more than five decades. Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 1,000 to 203,000 for the week ending May 7, 2022, the Labor Department reported May 12, 2022.

More Americans apply for jobless benefits last week

By Associated Press

May 19, 2022 at 10:08 a.m.

More Americans applied for jobless aid last week, but the total number of Americans collecting...

Las reuniones de trabajo virtuales generan menos creatividad que las presenciales, según un estudio científico.

Las videoconferencias merman la creatividad

By Contributed Content

May 18, 2022 at 6:13 p.m.

Las videoconferencias son prácticas que se han vuelto muy comunes en tiempos de pandemia, pero...

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2022.

A third of US should be considering masks as COVID cases rise, officials say

By Associated Press

May 18, 2022 at 2:16 p.m.

COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States – and could get even worse over...

A Ukrainian soldier sits on tires next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on April 23, 2022.

Interrogation, uncertainty for surrendering Mariupol troops

By Associated Press

May 18, 2022 at 10:31 a.m.

Nearly 1,000 last-ditch Ukrainian fighters who had held out inside Mariupol's pulverized steel plant have...