Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri’s COVID-19 Lawsuit Against China Stalled in Federal Court
Sep 2 2020 // More than four months after Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sought to hold China and the Chinese Communist Party accountable for the COVID-19 pandemic, the lawsuit remains stalled in federal court. Neither the...
Georgia Extends COVID-19 Orders as Cases Fall to Lowest Level Since June
Sep 2 2020 // Georgia’s governor is extending the two main executive orders that govern Georgia’s response to COVID-19. Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a 15-day extension of the order that mandates requirements on social...
Despite Pandemic, Derecho, Midwest Economy Improves, Survey Finds
Sep 2 2020 // The rural economy in Middle America showed improvement in August, despite the effects of a global pandemic and a rare devastating windstorm earlier in the month, according to a monthly survey of nine Midwest and Plains...
AM Best Finds Global Reinsurers ‘Maintain Equilibrium’ Through COVID-19
Sep 2 2020 // Ratings agency AM Best says its continued stable outlook on the global reinsurance industry reflects negative market forces largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, social inflation and previous years’ property...
Study: Fewer Vehicle Collisions with Wildlife in California as Traffic Dips During Pandemic
Sep 1 2020 // A study shows California’s stay-at-home order in response to the coronavirus seems to have reduced wildlife collisions, as decreased traffic resulted in fewer collisions with mountain lions, deer and other large...
Why Some Organizations Are Managing Coronavirus Risk Better Than Others
Sep 1 2020 // While few, if any, organizations saw the coronavirus pandemic and all of its death and disruption coming, some were better positioned to deal with it than others. According to risk expert Jim Wetekamp, some organizations...
University of Alabama COVID Cases Top 1K in First 2 Weeks of School
Sep 1 2020 // The University of Alabama reported Friday that an additional 481 students have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to more than 1,000 infections since students returned to campus for the fall. The University...
Insurer Travelers Overcomes California Restaurant’s COVID-19 Business Loss Claim
Aug 31 2020 // A federal court in California has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles restaurant seeking business interruption losses from Travelers Indemnity due to coronavirus-related restrictions on its business. Judge Stephen...
California Chicken Plant Shutting Down Due to Virus Outbreak
Aug 31 2020 // A chicken processing plant in central California has been ordered to shut down after it became the site of one of the largest and most severe COVID-19 outbreaks in the state, health officials said. The order to close the...
Roundup of New England COVID-19 Developments
Aug 31 2020 // Public health officials in Vermont said the state is considering becoming the second state to mandate flu shots as a way to ease the burden of influenza amid the coronavirus pandemic. Vermont Health Commissioner Mark...
Check Up: The Post-Pandemic Future of the Current Telehealth Sensation
Aug 31 2020 // Telehealth is a bit of American ingenuity that seems to have paid off in the coronavirus pandemic. Medicare temporarily waived restrictions predating the smartphone era and now there’s a push to make telemedicine...
Pandemic Shows Why Climate Change Is Major Economic Risk, Says Europe’s Schnabel
Aug 31 2020 // The coronavirus pandemic demonstrates in the clearest terms why central banks must take a bigger role in fighting climate change even if the issue at first appears unrelated to monetary policy, European Central Bank board...
Britain Eyes Fast-Tracking Coronavirus Vaccines That Pass Safety, Quality Tests
Aug 31 2020 // Britain’s medical regulator will be able to grant temporary authorisation for any coronavirus vaccine that meets safety and quality standards but before it has received a full license, under new plans set out on...
Tennessee Gov. Extends Covid-19 State of Emergency
Aug 31 2020 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has once again extended the state of emergency until the end of September. Lee, a Republican, initially imposed the state of emergency on March 12 in order to free up funding and relax rules...
Iowa Coronavirus Cases Reach New Daily High of 1,475
Aug 28 2020 // Iowa set a new record for confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday with nearly 1,500 cases, far more than the previous high set in April. In the last 24 hours as of Thursday morning, Iowa recorded 1,475 confirmed cases,...
Post-Covid Cold War World Will Be Tough for China’s Ant: Opionion
Aug 28 2020 // Ensconced in a lucrative niche at home, Jack Ma’s Ant Group nevertheless has to look outward. And expanding overseas has never looked so difficult for China’s biggest payments app, even with the war chest from...
Insured Pandemic Losses ‘Manageable’ as Earnings’ Event, Not a Capital Event
Aug 28 2020 // While COVID-19 losses are large and significant for the insurance sector, they are an earnings’ event, rather than a capital event, according to report issued by Hyperion X, the data and analytics division of...
Arkansas Sees Near-Record Increase in COVID-19 Deaths
Aug 27 2020 // Arkansas on Wednesday reported its second-highest one-day increase in COVID-19 deaths so far and 649 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes the illness. The Department of Health said the 21 new deaths bring the...
Arkansas Governor Rejects Panel’s Call to Close Bars to Prevent Virus Spread
Aug 27 2020 // Gov. Asa Hutchinson has rejected a White House task force’s recommendation that Arkansas close bars and implement other restrictions, despite the state posting the 9th highest rate of positive coronavirus tests in...
Where ‘DeFi’ Crypto Users See Sure Bets During COVID, Critics See Unregulated Risks
Aug 27 2020 // It sounds like a surefire bet. You lend money to a borrower who puts up collateral that exceeds the size of the loan, and then you earn interest of about 20%. What could possibly go wrong? That’s the proposition...
