Hal Dardick

Heather Lieberman, 28, receives a COVID-19 trial vaccination at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, on Aug. 13, 2020.

The COVID-19 crisis truly won’t end until we have a vaccine — here’s a rundown of our current efforts and how long it might take

August 21, 2020 at 9:26 p.m.

As COVID-19 continues to ravage the world, much attention is focused on one great hope: a safe, effective and widely available vaccine that would allow people to again embrace friends,...

Record $926 million flows into controversial Chicago TIF districts, more than a third of city property taxes

August 7, 2020 at 12:36 a.m.

Chicago's controversial special property taxing districts are expected to bring in a record $926 million this year, accounting for more than a third of the city's haul, according to a...

Gilead Sciences headquarters in Foster City, California, on April 30, 2020.

In search for COVID-19 treatments, consumer group pushes drugmaker Gilead to test alternative to remdesivir

August 4, 2020 at 1:07 a.m.

The pharmaceutical company that makes remdesivir — the only medication that has emergency authorization to fight COVID-19 — should also be conducting human trials on a related drug with strong...

Vials of the drug Remdesivir on display during a news conference about the start of a study with use of the drug in severely ill patients at the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany, on April 8, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Antiviral drug remdesivir helps white, Black and Latino patients equally, Chicago study finds

July 31, 2020 at 6:55 p.m.

Remdesivir, the only drug given emergency approval for treatment of COVID-19, appears to provide equal benefits to white, Asian, Black and Latino patients, according to an analysis led by researchers...

Lobbyist Mike McClain, seated, talks outside House Speaker Michael Madigan's office on the last day of the Illinois General Assembly at the state Capitol in Springfield on May 31, 2016.

Feds subpoena AT&T as part of investigation into Speaker Madigan and lobbying

July 23, 2020 at 6:14 p.m.

Telephone giant AT&T has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors amid a widening criminal probe encircling House Speaker Michael Madigan's political operation, a source with knowledge of the investigation told the...

Then-Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios faces questions by the Cook County Board on July 18, 2017, about the fairness of property tax assessments.

Federal investigators looking at Pritzker tax break, others during Joe Berrios’ time as Cook County assessor

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

Federal prosecutors in Chicago are amassing records related to property tax assessments conducted under former Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios, including a tax break given to Gov. J.B. Pritzker after...

Dr. Rachel Rubin, of the Cook County Department of Public Health, explains the roll of county health experts in identifying affected areas, and how they are responding, during a news conference in Oak Forest on April 25, 2020.

Suburban Cook County to require anyone coming from 17 states struggling with high COVID-19 rates to quarantine for 14 days

July 17, 2020 at 9:09 p.m.

Suburban Cook County is joining the city of Chicago in requiring people coming to Illinois from states with high rates of COVID-19 infection to quarantine upon arrival for 14 days....

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

What is herd immunity? And how do we get there on COVID-19?

July 23, 2020 at 7:43 p.m.

Add to the pandemic lexicon another once-obscure term that's come into common usage: "herd immunity." Along with "flatten the curve," "social distancing" and "super spreader," it's a phrase that prior...

Hand sanitizer dispensers are available near Cloud Gate on June 15, 2020, as Millennium Park reopens.

No apparent COVID-19 spread from George Floyd protests; Chicago and Cook officials keep wary watch on reopening

July 3, 2020 at 1:24 a.m.

Protests in Chicago and the suburbs over the Minnesota death of George Floyd as a police officer knelt on his neck so far have caused no identifiable uptick in COVID-19...

Linda Bhavilai waves a Chicago flag as she marches with striking teachers outside City Hall while thousands of striking teachers and supporters march on Oct. 23, 2019.

Lightfoot dismissed questions about ability to afford new CTU contract if economy tanked. Then COVID-19 hit, damaging CPS budget for years.

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

After the Chicago Board of Education approved an expensive new teachers' contract last fall following a bitter strike, Mayor Lori Lightfoot dismissed as "100% wrong" the notion that the school...

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