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A woman's blood is collected to test for coronavirus antibodies at a drive-thru testing site April 14, 2020, in Hempstead, New York. The test was administered by Somas Community Care.

Antibody testing for COVID-19 is key to taming the pandemic, but doctors concerned about accuracy

April 14, 2020 at 6:52 p.m.

To determine when Americans can safely venture out of their home bunkers, scientists must first understand who has already contracted the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Nasal swab tests can...

University of Chicago to study using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to help severely ill

April 13, 2020 at 7:12 a.m.

The University of Chicago's medical system is joining the ranks of research institutions studying whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients can help people who are severely ill with the disease....

A researcher at a University of Copenhagen research lab in Denmark works on a vaccine against the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 on March 23, 2020. A team of about 10 researchers is working around the clock to develop a vaccine that could be tested through clinical trials within nine months.

The race for an effective COVID-19 treatment: Hunches, trials and no clear answer

April 10, 2020 at 7:20 p.m.

As COVID-19 continues to take thousands of lives around the world each day, global efforts to find effective treatments are in hyperdrive. So far, no treatment has been proved through...

Dr. Terry Mason goes over statistics regarding Cook County communities in 2016.

Dr. Terry Mason, head of Cook County’s public health department, out amid pandemic

April 3, 2020 at 3:42 p.m.

Cook County's public health chief, a key player in the coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been fired as the number of coronavirus-stricken patients continues to surge....

Margaret Orozco pushes her bike to get tested for coronavirus outside Loretto Hospital in Chicago on April 27, 2020.

The next coronavirus test will tell you if you are now immune. And it’s fast.

April 4, 2020 at 5:54 p.m.

A new, different type of coronavirus test is coming that will help significantly in the fight to quell the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors and scientists say. The first so-called serology test,...

Visitors walk along reopened Navy Pier on May 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Does wearing a mask in public help slow the spread of COVID-19? Signs point to yes.

June 14, 2024 at 6:39 p.m.

For weeks, officials from the White House to Chicago's City Hall told people that wearing a face mask in public isn't necessary as the novel coronavirus spread — and that...

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

County maps reveal suburban spread of coronavirus infections. Some of the highest numbers are in the northern suburbs.

April 1, 2020 at 7:32 p.m.

When a Skokie couple died from the coronavirus just hours apart Saturday, the deaths illustrated not only the tragic nature of the pandemic but also its uneven spread through the...

President Donald Trump displays the Abbott Laboratories equipment used for a new rapid test for the novel coronavirus during the daily briefing on COVID-19 in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 30, 2020.

New rapid coronavirus test from Abbott is a ‘huge step forward,’ but still not enough to meet the need

June 14, 2024 at 6:39 p.m.

The new rapid coronavirus test from a Chicago-area medical device company is "a game changer," but even the promised production of tens of thousands of units a day will not...

Questions about coronavirus testing in Illinois, answered

March 27, 2020 at 7:36 p.m.

As the coronavirus pandemic sickens hundreds more people in Illinois each day, much confusion surrounds the process of testing for the new virus. The Tribune asked public health and medical...

Paramedics transport a man believed to be Hong Kong's first coronavirus patient to a hospital on Jan. 22, 2020.

Illinois’ pandemic plan anticipated shortages and surges, anxiety and death. Now the public is seeing how the state meets the test.

March 27, 2020 at 7:20 p.m.

Social distancing. School closures. N95 masks. PPE shortages. Hospital bed surges. The policies, vocabulary and impact of the pandemic may seem fresh to most Illinoisans, but those terms have long...

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