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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...

Jason James, wife Julia James and their children, Joanna and Jace, walk toward the exit with their suitcases at Midway Airport in Chicago on April 19, 2022.

Midway Airport travelers have mixed emotions on first full day of no mask mandate on planes

By Darcel Rockett

April 19, 2022 at 4:18 p.m.

Hours after a judge in Florida voided the federal mask mandate for those aboard planes...

Los migrantes llegan a Lajas Blancas, Darién, Panamá, el sábado 23 de octubre de 2021. Un número creciente de mujeres migrantes han informado haber sufrido abusos sexuales mientras cruzaban la peligrosa jungla del Darién, en la frontera con Colombia, en su ruta hacia Estados Unidos. En un esfuerzo por llamar la atención sobre el tema, un grupo de legisladores panameños viajó el sábado en una misión de investigación para hablar con víctimas y autoridades en la remota provincia darienita. (Foto AP/Ana Rentería)

Blinken en Panamá para encuentro regional sobre migración

By Associated Press

April 19, 2022 at 1:12 p.m.

El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, llega el martes a Panamá para...

An infant receives a routine vaccination at First Georgia Physician Group Pediatrics in Fayetteville, Ga., Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. The vaccinations that U.S. schoolchildren are required to get to hold terrible diseases like polio, hepatitis, tetanus and whooping cough in check are way behind schedule this year, threatening further complications to a school year already marred by COVID-19. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)

Misteriosa hepatitis se extiende a niños de la UE y EEUU

By Associated Press

April 19, 2022 at 9:13 a.m.

Las autoridades sanitarias afirman haber detectado más casos de una misteriosa enfermedad hepática en niños...

Syringes and a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are displayed at a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Batavia, Ill., on March 19, 2021.

Moderna announces step toward updating COVID boosters for fall

By Associated Press

April 19, 2022 at 9:59 a.m.

Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine its original vaccine...

Travelers walk through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on April 1, 2022 in Seattle.

Federal judge voids US transit mask mandate; major airlines swiftly drop requirements

By Associated Press

April 19, 2022 at 6:10 a.m.

A federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate on airplanes and mass...

Mask-wearing Metra commuters walk at Union Station in Chicago on Aug. 4, 2021.

After federal judge voids mask mandate, United drops requirement but CTA, Metra still require face coverings

By Sarah Freishtat

April 19, 2022 at 12:37 p.m.

A judge in Florida has voided the federal mask mandate for those aboard planes and...

Operadores de la Bolsa de Nueva York, el 14 de abril de 2022, en Nueva York. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)

Wall Street baja; está atento a Ucrania, tasas y COVID-19

By Associated Press

April 18, 2022 at 3:32 p.m.

Las acciones en la Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York iniciaron la semana con tendencia...

This day in history, April 17: CIA-trained Cuban exiles launch the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro

By Associated Press

April 17, 2022 at 6:59 a.m.

Today is Sunday, April 17, the 107th day of 2022. There are 258 days left...

A sign advising visitors to don face coverings stands outside the main entrance to UCHealth University of Colorado hospital, April 1, 2022, in Aurora, Colo.

COVID-19 cases are rising again in the US. But how high will they get?

By Associated Press

April 15, 2022 at 3:08 p.m.

Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases...

Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan and his staff look on as guard Ayo Dosunmu (12) prepares for a pass in the first half of a game against the Miami Heat at the United Center, Nov. 27, 2021.

2 Chicago Bulls assistant coaches test positive for COVID-19 and will not travel for Game 1 of the playoffs

By Julia Poe

April 15, 2022 at 2:08 p.m.

Chicago Bulls assistant coaches Chris Fleming and Damian Cotter will not travel to Milwaukee for...