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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...

Graduating senior Mateo Nery speaks during the Oak Park-River Forest High School commencement ceremony for the Class of 2023 June 4, 2023 at the school stadium in Oak Park.

Commencement held for Oak Park-River Forest High School Class of 2023

By Pioneer Press

June 7, 2023 at 10:37 a.m.

More than 800 students made up the graduating Class of 2023 at Oak Park and...

This undated, colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, indicated in blue/pink, cultured in a laboratory.

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

By Associated Press

May 26, 2023 at 7:25 a.m.

About 10% of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower...

People shop for books at Da Book Joint at the Boxville marketplace on April 29, 2023, in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago.

Michael O’Donnell: When will the great pandemic novel be published?

By Michael ODonnell

May 24, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The pandemic is officially over. By federal declaration, the public health emergency expired on May...

Disposable masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment have safeguarded untold lives during the pandemic. They're also creating a worldwide environmental problem, littering streets and sending an influx of harmful plastic into landfills and oceans. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Column: COVID-19 pandemic may be over for most, but not for me

By Charles Selle

May 17, 2023 at 2:29 p.m.

As Illinois, the federal government and the World Health Organization announced the end of the...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's staff work on technical issues at the beginning of a virtual City Council meeting from her office at City Hall on June 17, 2020.

Lori Lightfoot’s legacy: A combative mayor who led Chicago through crises, some of her own making

By A.D. Quig

May 14, 2023 at 10:05 a.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will exit office Monday after presiding over the city's most tumultuous...

Public health commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady gives an update on the plan to return students to class after the winter break in on Dec. 30, 2021.

Allison Arwady has been the face of COVID-19 in Chicago. Will Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson keep her on?

By Hank Sanders

May 11, 2023 at 4:55 p.m.

Sitting at a table flanked by the Chicago and United States flags — like she...

A staffer treats a COVID patient at the short-staffed Brooklyn Hospital Center, in New York, Jan. 12, 2022.

Families of those lost to COVID wrestle with mixed emotions as emergency ends

By The New York Times

May 11, 2023 at 9:56 a.m.

Shannon Cummings, 53, has tried to push forward after her husband, Larry, a college professor,...

Helena Smith, center, of Washington, chooses a food item while shopping at Bread for the City, May 10, 2023, a food pantry in Washington.

Pandemic-era support programs have already been fading away as COVID public health emergency ends

By Associated Press

May 11, 2023 at 7:37 a.m.

The formal end of the national Public Health Emergency on Thursday is largely a symbolic...

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Oct. 6, 2022, at a South Side Walgreens.

The COVID-19 public health emergency ends today. Here’s what it means for Illinois residents.

By Dan Petrella

May 11, 2023 at 12:46 p.m.

More than three years after COVID-19 first sowed death and disruption, state and federal pandemic-related...

A woman wearing a face mask and face shield, sits in a train in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 5, 2023, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency.

WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?

By Associated Press

May 5, 2023 at 2:37 p.m.

The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, saying it no...