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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...

Cómo una mejor ventilación puede ayudar a que tu hogar sea ‘a prueba de covid’

By Contributed Content

May 18, 2022 at 10:01 a.m.

Durante dos años, las personas usaron tapabocas, mantuvieron la distancia física, se vacunaron. Y ahora,...

This day in history, May 18: Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state explodes

By Associated Press

May 18, 2022 at 7:41 a.m.

Today is Wednesday, May 18, the 138th day of 2022. There are 227 days left...

Evanston Township High School reinstated the COVID-19 mask wearing policy starting May 16, 2022 after the city health department raised Evanston's transmission risk level to "high."

Evanston reaches ‘high’ COVID-19 transmission level, as high school reinstates mask-wearing policy

By Alex Hulvalchick

May 17, 2022 at 5:04 p.m.

The Evanston Health and Human Service Department has elevated the COVID-19 community risk level to...

ARCHIVO - Un enfermero sostiene un frasco de la vacuna de Pfizer contra el COVID-19 para niños de 5 a 11 años y un frasco de la vacuna para adultos, con una etiqueta de distinto color, en un puesto de vacunación n Jackson, Mississippi, 8 de febrero de 2022. (AP Foto/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

EEUU aprueba refuerzo contra COVID-19 para niños de 5 a 11

By Associated Press

May 17, 2022 at 11:44 a.m.

Los reguladores en Estados Unidos autorizaron el martes una vacuna de refuerzo contra el COVID-19...

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.

FDA clears COVID booster shot for kids ages 5 to 11; CDC to meet this week in final hurdle

By Associated Press

May 17, 2022 at 10:15 a.m.

U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping...

Nurse Practitioner Kathryn Pebanco displays some of the at home COVID-19 test kits at the MinuteClinic inside the CVS Pharmacy on May 13, 2022.

Another batch of free COVID at-home tests — 8 per household — are now available

By Associated Press

May 17, 2022 at 8:21 a.m.

The government website for people to request free COVID-19 at-home tests from the U.S. government...

Guadalajara será la sede de un WTA 1000 en noviembre

By Associated Press

May 16, 2022 at 2:56 p.m.

Por primera vez en la historia, la ciudad mexicana de Guadalajara será sede de un...

A COVID-19 testing booth in New York, May 2, 2022.

How often can you be infected with COVID-19?

By The New York Times

May 16, 2022 at 12:50 p.m.

A virus that shows no signs of disappearing, variants that are adept at dodging the...

Sara Atkins poses for a photo, in Wynnewood, Pa., May 10, 2022, while holding a pillow with an image of her father Andy Rotman-Zaid, who died of COVID-19 in December 2020.

US deaths from COVID-19 hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years in

By Associated Press

May 16, 2022 at 10:16 a.m.

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 1 million on Monday, a once-unimaginable figure that...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, left, announced Thursday he tested positive for COVID-19. He's pictured in January with Chicago Department of Public Health Dr. Allison Arwady.

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez tests positive for COVID-19 and is isolating

By Tracy Swartz

May 12, 2022 at 6:57 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced Thursday evening....