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 ...

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic rose to the forefront of our everyday lives, Chicagoans have been stepping up. Their stories have inspired us, compelled us to give back, and kept us going throu… ...

On CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot talked about the state of the coronavirus outbreak in Chicago and her prospects for vaccine distribution.

CHICAGO (CBS) --CTA ridership in 2022 reached its highest levels since the start of the pandemic, but use of the city's mass transit system is still lagging far behind the days before COVID-19.

According to Chicago Department of Public Health commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, COVID-19 continues to be a "major pandemic" as more infections are occurring throughout the city — and world ...

Chicago Public Schools has been in talks with teachers over COVID-19 safety. As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide ...

CHICAGO — As the Covid-19 crisis raged, a “shadow pandemic” was unfolding behind the closed doors of quarantine and on the empty streets of Chicago. “Rates of violence actually increased ...

Chicago will be home of global COVID-19 monument to honor victims, front-line workers ... more than 7 million people have died since it declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

County data show that Chicago could be on track to record fewer than 500 homicides this year, which would be the lowest total ...

CHICAGO — On March 25, 2020 – at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic – Andrew David, a Chicago street performer, captivated the city by singing the Leonard Cohen song, “Hallelujah” on ...

Chicago has hosted the James Beard Foundation Awards — the “Oscars of the food world” — since 2014, aside from a two-year hiatus in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a swirl of ...