Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Biden Calls for COVID Vaccine Mandate or Test for Two-Thirds of U.S. Workers
Sep 9 2021 // President Joe Biden on Thursday said he will require all federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and the U.S. Department of Labor will issue a rule requiring that businesses with more than 100 employees have...
Global Reinsurers Shoulder ‘Considerable Burden’ of COVID-19 Claims
Sep 9 2021 // Global life and non-life insurance and reinsurance COVID-19 claims are approaching $50 billion, which has had a significant burden on reinsurers, according to Mike Van Slooten, head of Business Intelligence for Aon...
Despite Police Officer, Firefighter Deaths, Some Still Resist COVID Vaccines
Sep 7 2021 // It was supposed to be a turning point in the coronavirus pandemic for Erin Tokley, a longtime Philadelphia police officer, Baptist minister and 47-year-old father of three. It was supposed to be the day of his vaccine...
In COVID Automation Boom, Robots and Apps Find Work at Services Firms
Sep 7 2021 // Ask for a roast beef sandwich at an Arby’s drive-thru east of Los Angeles and you may be talking to Tori — an artificially intelligent voice assistant that will take your order and send it to the line...
How the Pandemic Changed Employment (And How That’s Here to Stay)
Sep 6 2021 // No one needs to be told how rough 2020 was. But perhaps organizations — agencies, brokerages, and insurers in particular — need a reminder on just how much their worlds have shifted for the better since the...
Inmates at Arkansas Jail Unaware They Were Given Anti-Parasite Drug to Treat COVID-19
Sep 3 2021 // inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail said they weren’t told a medication they were given to treat COVID-19 was actually an anti-parasite drug that federal health officials have warned should not be used to treat the...
What’s an Employer to Do If Workers Avoid COVID Vaccine?
Sep 3 2021 // What can employers do if workers avoid COVID-19 vaccines? They can require vaccination and fire employees who don’t comply, or take other actions such as withholding company perks or charging extra for health...
States’ Contact Tracing Struggling to Keep Up With Latest Surge in COVID Cases
Sep 1 2021 // Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar of the nation’s...
Pandemic Uncertainty Hasn’t Slowed Private Equity Investments in Insurance: S&P Global
Aug 31 2021 // Private equity and venture capital firms have been pouring capital into insurance companies despite the uncertainties about claims and losses from the pandemic, according to a new analysis from S&P Global Market...
‘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...
