Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China said they discovered a new coronavirus in bats that enters cells using the same gateway as the virus that causes COVID-19. This virus hasn’t been detected in humans, merely identified in …
The pandemic changed where Americans are likely to live and work, with a growing portion of job openings moving away from the biggest cities and into smaller metro areas, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York . Job …
A Connecticut-based manufacturer has been denied another opportunity to seek $100 million in insurance coverage for business losses it claims it sustained because of the COVID-19 virus. Amphenol Corp.– a manufacturer of connectors, antennas, sensors, and high-speed specialty cable – …
Petcare, food and candy company Mars Inc. has lost its bid to revive its claims against Factory Mutual Insurance Co. for business interruption losses it incurred during the coronavirus pandemic. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last week upheld the …
In a ruling against an upscale restaurant chain, a Massachusetts Appeals Court has followed the recipe the state’s high court set forth in 2022 in ruling that the COVID-19 virus does not trigger business interruption insurance because it does not …
Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week signed a law providing full disability benefits to Chicago police officers and firefighters struck by COVID-19 before vaccines were available, presiding over an emotional statehouse ceremony which marked the end of a financial struggle for …
The City of Seattle, Washington, will end its COVID-19 emergency proclamation at the end of October. Mayor Bruce Harrell said in a statement Tuesday that Seattle will lift its remaining COVID emergency order to align with Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision …
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday denied an appeal from a New York Police Department detective who asked for an emergency injunction to keep the city from firing him over its mandate that municipal employees be vaccinated against …
China has been tweaking its stringent COVID curbs but shows no sign of backing off from its “dynamic zero” policy, and has lagged in vaccination efforts that would enable it to do so, casting a heavy shadow over the world’s …
Efforts by financial firms and others to bring workers back to Manhattan offices more than two years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic face persistent headwinds, consultants said, with commuters still worrying about COVID-19 as well as safety. New …
