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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...

This photo provided by Pfizer in September 2023 shows single-dose vials of the company's updated COVID vaccine for adults.

Updated COVID-19 vaccine available after CDC endorses shots

By Associated Press

September 12, 2023 at 6:06 p.m.

Most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Tuesday. Advisers to the...

This photo provided by Pfizer in September 2023 shows single-dose vials of the company's updated COVID vaccine for adults. U.S. regulators have approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, shots aimed at revving up protection this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration's decision Monday, Sept. 11, 2023 is part of a shift to treat fall COVID-19 vaccine updates much like getting a yearly flu shot. (Pfizer via AP)

US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall

By Associated Press

September 11, 2023 at 1:44 p.m.

The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest...

A person receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Dec. 20, 2021, in Federal Way, Wash.

COVID vaccines may roll out within days

By The New York Times

September 11, 2023 at 7:18 a.m.

The latest COVID-19 boosters are expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration...

Debbie Tumbarello at her home in Inverness on Aug. 25, 2023. She has prequalified for a nationwide study aiming to learn more about long COVID.

NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst long COVID study will dig into treatment options. ‘I think a lot of people are really desperate’

By Ilana Arougheti

September 12, 2023 at 2:45 p.m.

At first, Debbie Tumbarello's wedding was the height of romance — a Valentine's Day whirlwind...

Pre-loaded syringes with COVID-19 vaccine are ready for use in New Orleans, on Jan. 25, 2022. The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Scientific advisers for the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, June 15, 2023, discussed whether the next round of shots should only include protection against the newest omicron strains that are now dominant worldwide.

Updated COVID shots are coming. They’re part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses

By Associated Press

September 9, 2023 at 12:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with...

North Shore Exchange volunteers Rochelle O' Hara (left) and Carole O'Neill speak with store officials Nicole Hayek and Ashley Prasad

North Shore Exchange celebrates 10 years of charity in Glencoe

By Daniel I. Dorfman

September 5, 2023 at 4:32 p.m.

For many years, Patricia Johnson owned a vintage furniture and décor store in upstate New...

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk to board Air Force One for departure at Gainesville Regional Airport after surveying damage caused by Hurricane Idalia, Sept. 2, 2023, in Gainesville, Fla.

First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, but President Biden’s results negative so far

By Associated Press

September 5, 2023 at 6:25 a.m.

First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Monday but is experiencing only mild symptoms,...

Marlene Rodríguez, right, who required two months on an ECMO machine after he contracted COVID-19 in Dec. 2020, with her 2-year-old daughter, Vianney, in Atwater, Calif., on April 14, 2023.

An inside look at COVID’s lasting damage to the lungs

By The New York Times

August 28, 2023 at 11:22 a.m.

More than three years after the start of the pandemic, many COVID-19 survivors continue to...

Dr. Igor J. Koralnik, co-director of Northwestern Medicine's Comprehensive COVID-19 Center, and fellow Dr. Natasha Choudhury discuss a patient with long-COVID symptoms in a workroom in the neurology suite at the Lavin Family Pavilion on Aug. 23, 2023.

Chicago COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise; Northwestern team warns of undiagnosed long-COVID consequences

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

August 27, 2023 at 5:17 p.m.

Chicago's COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are continuing to steadily rise after reaching pandemic lows earlier...

Commuters, most wearing face masks, wait for an L train in the Loop on July 27, 2021, in Chicago.

Slight COVID-19 uptick in Chicago ‘not a major concern,’ former CDPH director says

By Jake Sheridan

August 12, 2023 at 9:31 a.m.

Amid a slight national uptick in COVID-19 cases, Chicago's public health commissioner said the city...