EU Threatens to Ban COVID Vaccine Exports to Britain March 18, 2021 By Gabriela Baczynska, Philip Blenkinsop and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS – The European Union threatened on Wednesday to ban exports of COVID-19 vaccines to Britain to safeguard scarce doses...
Oliver Wyman Predicts COVID Herd Immunity for U.S. by Mid-Summer March 16, 2021 The U.S. will reach herd immunity threshold when more than 71% of the U.S. population has been exposed to COVID...
United Airlines CEO Urges Employers to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines January 25, 2021 United Airlines may make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees, and other companies should do the same, United Chief Executive...
Delivery Company Offers Gig Workers $25 to Get COVID Vaccine January 15, 2021 By Uday Sampath Grocery delivery company Instacart said on Thursday it would pay $25 to its over half-a-million gig workers if they chose...
Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution Risks and Insurance: Q&A With Allianz Specialists January 12, 2021 By Brian McClintock and Damon Finneran As COVID-19 vaccine distribution rolls out across the country, insurers of the pharmaceutical industry are in a position to share...
1 in 100,000 Had Severe Allergic Reaction to COVID Shot: CDC January 7, 2021 By Robert Langreth and Emma Court Roughly 1 in 100,000 people have had a severe allergic reaction to the first Covid-19 vaccine, a rate that’s higher...
Peruvian Health Minister Points to ‘Controversy’ over Pfizer Vaccine Liability Waiver January 6, 2021 By Maria Cervantes LIMA – Peru’s health minister said on Tuesday that “controversy” had arisen over a liability waiver in the country’s negotiations...
S. Africa Medical Insurers, Business Groups, Government to Fund Vaccines for Uninsured January 5, 2021 By Antony Sguazzin South African medical-insurance companies, business organizations and the government are developing a program in which the private sector will help...
Can Insurance-Related Firms Compel Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccination? December 28, 2020 By Bryan Johnson and Samuel Licker The long-awaited and highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine is here. The first to arrive on the scene, from Pfizer-BioNTech, received emergency...
Challenges Facing Healthcare Pros on COVID Vaccine Frontlines: Q&A with Aon Experts December 23, 2020 Is the U.S. healthcare industry prepared to shoulder the massive responsibility of administering an estimated 300 million COVID-19 vaccinations? Healthcare...