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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 nursing student administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at UNLV, in Las Vegas on April 26, 2021.

FDA sets June meetings to review COVID vaccines for youngest kids

By Associated Press

April 29, 2022 at 11:04 a.m.

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday set tentative dates in June to publicly review...

Fotografía de archivo del sábado 21 de septiembre de 2019 de personas extendiendo su brazo hacia un tarro de cerveza durante la inauguración de la edición 186 del festival de cerveza Oktoberfest en Múnich, Alemania.

Regresa Oktoberfest a Alemania tras dos años de suspensión

By Associated Press

April 29, 2022 at 10:53 a.m.

El festival anual Oktoberfest se llevará a cabo en septiembre, informó el viernes el municipio...

Laura Hohm with her children, Charlotte, 8, left, and Catherine, 4, at their Aurora home on April 28, 2022. Hohm is looking forward to being able to get a booster COVID vaccine for Charlotte and a first vaccine for Catherine.

Feeling the strain of a long wait for a COVID-19 vaccine for young children, parents welcome news of Moderna’s authorization request: ‘It’s like … society has moved on’

By Madeline Buckley

April 29, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Haleigh Hutchinson gave birth to her son late last year in the midst of a...

This colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, indicated in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS.

Climate change could increase risk of infectious diseases

By Associated Press

April 28, 2022 at 2:43 p.m.

Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070...

Olivia Rodrigo interpreta "drivers license" en la 64ta entrega anual de los premios Grammy, el domingo 3 de abril de 2022 en Las Vegas.

Fito Páez suspende conciertos: ‘La mala nueva es que contraje COVID’

By Associated Press

April 28, 2022 at 1:08 p.m.

El rockero argentino Fito Páez canceló conciertos en Argentina y España debido a que se...

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.

Moderna asks FDA to authorize COVID vaccine for kids under 6

By Associated Press

April 28, 2022 at 12:34 p.m.

Moderna is seeking to be the first to offer COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest American...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

‘Pandemic phase’ over for the U.S., but COVID-19 is still here, Dr. Anthony Fauci says

By Associated Press

April 27, 2022 at 2:30 p.m.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday the coronavirus is under better control in the United States....

Jayline Perez is a program coordinator with the Rush Education and Career Hub, aka REACH.

Rush University Medical Center’s REACH program is bringing youth of color into health care sooner rather than later

By Darcel Rockett

April 27, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Jayline Perez, 21, graduated three semesters early from Roosevelt University in December 2021. With her...

Cajas con máscaras contra el COVID-19 en una escuela en Camden, Nueva Jersey, el 9 de febrero del 2022. (Foto AP/Matt Rourke)

Tres de cada cuatro niños en EEUU han tenido COVID-19

By Associated Press

April 26, 2022 at 4:09 p.m.

Tres de cada cuatro niños estadounidenses han tenido el coronavirus, dice un reporte difundido el...

What do we know about the new omicron mutant?

By Associated Press

April 26, 2022 at 2:24 p.m.

What do we know about the new omicron mutant? It's a descendant of the earlier...