Freighters in Great Lakes take precautions against virus

Workers on American and foreign freighters are following new protocols and precautionary measures in the Great Lakes region to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Dog delivers winery's booze during coronavirus outbreak

His name is Soda Pup, a 75-pound brindle boxer with all the breeding necessary for curbside service, plus horse saddle bags and a vest with two pouches.

ER nurse who died from COVID-19 'cared so much about other people' says family

Carly Ewald says her aunt was working on the frontlines, since the coronavirus hit Michigan, flooding the Henry Ford ER, where she worked since mid-March.

Rush experts see signs of success in fight against COVID-19

Experts at Rush University Medical Center say there are hopeful trends in the fight against COVID-19, but it doesn't mean we can stop social distancing right away.

Medical staff cheers as 94-year-old woman gets discharged from Spanish hospital

Video from inside the Parc Tauli Hospital in Sabadell, in the country's Catalonia region, shows workers chapping and cheering as the elderly woman named Maria was discharged after recovering from COVID-19.

Nurse sings ‘Amazing Grace’ to colleagues working tirelessly in fight against COVID-19

A nurse was asked by her fellow health care workers at a Michigan hospital to sing '“Amazing Grace” as the staff prepared for a long and difficult shift treating patients with COVID-19. 

Cook County Jail detainees confirmed positive for COVID-19 now at 210

The Cook County sheriff’s office announced Friday that a total of 210 detainees at Cook County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19.

Union gains coronavirus pay for nurses at Chicago hospital

A Chicago hospital and its nurses union have agreed on hazard pay for nurses working during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chicago's McCormick Place re-christened as coronavirus field hospital

The governor of Illinois and mayor of Chicago on Friday re-christened North America’s largest convention center as a pandemic-battling field hospital and publicly hoped it would never see a single patient.