Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
‘Mission: Impossible’ Movie Producer Sues Insurer Over 7 Coronavirus Stoppages
Aug 31 2021 // Production on the new “Mission: Impossible” movie was shut down seven times due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday that accuses the film’s insurance company of failing to...
How Automakers Are Navigating Differences Over COVID Vaccine Mandates
Aug 27 2021 // Public support for stronger measures to require COVID vaccinations is strong, according to a new Reuters/IPSOS poll, but for Detroit automakers the debate over vaccination policy is far from over. General Motors Co. said...
Cruises Revise COVID Guidelines Amid Reports of Breakthrough Cases
Aug 27 2021 // Joel Steckler was eager for his first cruise in more than a year and a half, and he chose the ship that just two months ago became the first to accept passengers again after a long pandemic shutdown. Steckler was fully...
NRA Canceling Annual Meeting in Texas Because of COVID
Aug 26 2021 // The National Rifle Association announced it has canceled its annual meeting, which had been set to be held next month in Houston, due to concerns over COVID-19. The NRA’s meeting had been set for Sept. 3 through...
Case of 76 in Massachusetts Veterans Home Who Died of COVID Lands in Court
Aug 26 2021 // Two former top officials at a Massachusetts veterans home where nearly 80 residents died in one of the country’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks in a long-term care facility appeared in court Tuesday in an effort to...
Canada’s Ruling Party Plans Tax Hike for Big Insurers, Banks to Fund COVID Recovery
Aug 26 2021 // OTTAWA – Canada’s ruling Liberal Party said on Wednesday that if re-elected it would raise corporate taxes on the most profitable banks and insurers to help pay for the cost of the COVID-19 recovery. The Liberals...
FDA’s COVID Vaccine Approval Makes Challenges to Mandates Tougher to Win
Aug 25 2021 // Formal U.S approval of the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine will make it nearly impossible to successfully challenge mandates by employers, legal experts said. The decision by the Food and Drug Administration to...
Illinois County Settles with Nurse Over COVID Request
Aug 24 2021 // A southern Illinois county agreed to pay a nurse $35,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging she was fired for refusing to tell local law enforcement which residents had tested positive for the coronavirus. The payment to nurse...
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules to Limit Governor’s COVID Emergency Powers
Aug 24 2021 // The Kentucky governor’s efforts to aggressively combat COVID-19 suffered a landmark legal defeat Saturday as the state’s high court cleared the way for new laws to rein in his emergency powers. The state...
FDA Grants Full Approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Aug 23 2021 // The U.S. drug regulator on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first to secure such Food and Drug Administration validation as health authorities struggle to win over...
Early COVID-19 Vaccinations Prevented 140,000 Deaths: Study
Aug 20 2021 // A new study by Indiana University and RAND Corp. assessed the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations and found that 139,393 deaths were prevented during the first five months of vaccination efforts in the United States. With...
Europe Reinsurers’ H1 Profits Climb on Lower COVID Claims, Hardening Prices: Moody’s
Aug 19 2021 // The four largest European based reinsurers – Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – reported sharply higher profits in the first half of 2021, compared with the same period in 2020 — as a result of lower...
Workers at Massachusetts Veterans’ Home at Center of COVID-19 Outbreak Sue
Aug 19 2021 // Employees of the Massachusetts veterans’ home at the center of a devastating COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020 have sued several members of the facility’s former leadership team, alleging they were forced...
Biden Administration to Require Nursing Home Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Aug 19 2021 // President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration will require employees at nursing homes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of the facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicaid government...
COVID-19 Cases Skyrocket in Texas Nursing Homes; Nearly Half of Workers Unvaccinated
Aug 16 2021 // The number of nursing homes across the state with at least one active COVID-19 case has shot up nearly 800% in the past month — while nearly half of nursing home employees in Texas remain unvaccinated. Nursing home...
Healthcare Costs, Premiums Likely to Rise for Years Due to COVID-19
Aug 16 2021 // Health implications related to COVID-19 will continue to drive elevated health system utilization long after the acute phase of the pandemic has concluded, likely leading to increasing costs and higher insurance premiums...
Washington Farm to Pay More Than $2M Following COVID Deaths
Aug 16 2021 // The state of Washington reached a settlement with Gebbers Farms Operations LP to spend more than $2 million improving housing, quality of life, safety and access to health care for farm employees and their families. The...
Ruling Against Dentist’s COVID Business Interruption Could Be Key Win for Insurers
Aug 16 2021 // A federal appellate court ruling that dismissed a dental practice’s COVID-19 business interruption claim might be the beginning of the end for policyholder arguments that income lost because of government shutdowns...
Insurers Expect COVID-19 Liability Claims Against Employers as Employees Return
Aug 16 2021 // Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected wave of discrimination claims as employers call staff back to their desks after 18 months of...
California Justices Won’t Limit Governor’s Pandemic Powers
Aug 13 2021 // The California Supreme Court declined to consider reining in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic, leaving in place a lower court’s ruling that the governor acted within his...
