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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...

Empleados del complejo The Cosmopolitan en Las Vegas celebran en un acto en el que se anunciaron primas en efectivo para los empleados, el miércoles 11 de mayo de 2022 en Las Vegas.

Un casino de Las Vegas regala 5,000 dólares a sus empleados

By Associated Press

May 12, 2022 at 4:27 p.m.

El entusiasmo se desató el miércoles en un acto de apreciación de empleados y entrega...

The American flag flies at half-staff at the White House in Washington, May 12, 2022, as the Biden administration commemorates 1 million American lives lost due to COVID-19.

Biden urges the world to renew COVID fight as US nears 1 million deaths

By Associated Press

May 12, 2022 at 1:01 p.m.

President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders at a COVID-19 summit Thursday to reenergize a...

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about inflation in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, May 10, 2022. Biden is hosting leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Washington on Thursday, May 12. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Biden exhorta al mundo a retomar la lucha contra COVID-19

By Associated Press

May 12, 2022 at 11:03 a.m.

El presidente Joe Biden pidió el jueves a los gobernantes del mundo que renueven sus...

Signage on the videoboard announcing the game between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed following multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the Guardians organization at Guaranteed Rate Field, May 11, 2022.

Wednesday’s Chicago White Sox game is postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests on the Cleveland Guardians

By LaMond Pope

May 12, 2022 at 6:07 a.m.

Positive COVID-19 tests in the Cleveland Guardians organization led to the postponement of the Chicago...

El contacto con las amistades se restablece manteniendo la distancia impuesta por la pandemia.

Cómo acercarnos otra vez a los amigos

By Contributed Content

May 11, 2022 at 4:46 p.m.

Mantener distancia. Es un mandato que seguimos desde que a principios de 2020 se instaló...

El ministro de Salud Pública de Tailandia, Anutin Charnvirakul habla en conferencia de prensa en el ministerio en Nonthaburi, Tailandia, 8 de febrero de 2022.

Tailandia distribuirá plantas de marihuana gratis

By Associated Press

May 11, 2022 at 3:47 p.m.

El ministro de Salud Pública de Tailandia, que ha encabezado el proceso de despenalización de...

Students wearing mask as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus line up to receive KN95 protective masks at Camden High School in Camden, N.J., Feb. 9, 2022.

Creeping COVID-19 cases result in few schools mask mandates

By Associated Press

May 11, 2022 at 3:28 p.m.

U.S. COVID-19 cases are up, leading a smattering of school districts, particularly in the Northeast,...

A gambler wins at a slot machine at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Feb. 10, 2022.

Chicago area casinos report $2.01 billion in 2021 revenue, as US casinos have best month ever in March

By Associated Press

May 11, 2022 at 9:57 a.m.

Inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled and the coronavirus just won't go away,...

Outside Chicago Public Schools' Kenwood Academy High School in January.

Chicago Public Schools launches mental health and suicide prevention campaign: ‘COVID has only presented an additional challenge’

By Tracy Swartz

May 10, 2022 at 6:02 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday announced the launch of a mental health and suicide prevention...

Workers at a drive-up COVID-19 testing clinic stand in a tent as they prepare PCR coronavirus tests, Jan. 4, 2022, in Puyallup, Wash., south of Seattle.

Pandemic gets tougher to track as COVID testing plunges

By Associated Press

May 10, 2022 at 12:46 p.m.

Testing for COVID-19 has plummeted across the globe, making it much tougher for scientists to...