It’s been a year since COVID-19 shut down professional sports, halted live theater and closed down restaurants as we knew them. In a year of remote life, quarantines and social distancing, many of us suffered...
Coronavirus: One year later
It’s been a year since COVID-19 shut down professional sports, halted live theater and closed down restaurants as we knew them and forced many of us to work from home.
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When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, even some of the most informed people knew little about coronaviruses — and far less about SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that was upending the...
First came a tough spring surge, when COVID-19 killed thousands of Illinois residents. Then, an even more brutal one in the fall and winter. Through it all, Illinois managed to avoid the overwhelmed hospitals...
On March 11, 2020, the coronavirus outbreak became a pandemic, turning a surreal crisis into a sudden reality for many Chicagoans. In a matter of hours, Chicago would record its first case at a downtown...
When did the COVID-19 pandemic begin? That question, of course, has yet to be resolved. And since it’s inherently linked to the origin story of a global virus, the true start of the most devastating of...
March is one of the busiest months on the sports calendar, and last year was no exception. Until it wasn’t. Selection Sunday was days away, and Ayo Dosunmu and Illinois were on the cusp of ending a six-year...
WASHINGTON — About 1 in 5 Americans say they lost a relative or close friend to the coronavirus, highlighting the division between heartache and hope as the country itches to get back to normal a year...