Latest COVID-19 Headlines

All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Businesses See Cyber Attacks as Biggest Threat – Ahead of Pandemic, Economy: Survey

May 17 2022 // Cyber attacks are now seen as the dominant risk for many businesses – ahead of the pandemic, economic downturn, skills shortages and other issues, according to a report published by Hiscox.For its Cyber Readiness Report...

Louisiana Court Tosses COVID-Related Charges Against Pastor

May 16 2022 // The Louisiana Supreme Court threw out charges Friday against a pastor who flouted restrictions on gatherings early in the coronavirus pandemic, ruling 5-2 that the governor’s executive orders violated freedom of...

Florida Restaurants Go Hungry in Federal, State COVID Suits vs. Lloyd’s

May 12 2022 // Florida restaurants have had little success in recent lawsuits against Lloyd’s of London over insurance coverage for shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.On Wednesday, Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal,...

COVID-19 Orders Not an Excuse for Business to Skip Rent, Connecticut Court Rules

May 12 2022 // Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that executive orders issued by Gov. Ned Lamont affecting restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic could not not be used by a Norwalk eatery as an excuse not to pay the...

COVID Again Leading Cause of Washington Work-Related Deaths

May 5 2022 // Washington state officials said this week that COVID-19 was responsible for about one quarter of the 106 work-related deaths reported in Washington in 2021.The numbers from the Washington State Department of Labor &...

Swiss Re Reports Q1 Loss as Ukraine War, Natural Disasters and COVID Take Their Toll

May 5 2022 // Swiss Re reported a group net loss of $248 million during the first quarter, as a result of headwinds such as the war in Ukraine, higher-than-expected natural catastrophes and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.This loss...

Woman Says Amazon.com Fired Her Because She Got ‘Long Covid’ – Lawsuit

May 4 2022 // NEW YORK –– A former Amazon.com Inc. employee sued the online retailer on Monday, saying it wrongly fired her and demanded she repay wages after she contracted “long COVID.”Brittany Hope, 29, a...

Report Blasts Head of Massachusetts Care Center Where 76 Veterans Died From COVID

May 3 2022 // The leader of a veterans’ care center in Massachusetts where 76 veterans died after contracting the coronavirus in the spring of 2020 lacked both the leadership skills and the temperament to run such a facility when...

China’s Ping An Profit Drops 24% as Pandemic Deals Blow to Business

May 3 2022 // Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s largest insurer by market value, said profit fell 24% and warned that outbreaks of COVID in the world’s second-biggest economy pose a threat to near-term growth.Net income...

Case of COVID Same as Vaccine, Tennessee Law Says

May 2 2022 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined to sign off on a new law requiring governments and businesses to treat immunity from a previous COVID-19 infection as equal to getting vaccinated in their policies.The legislation became...

COVID Again Leading Cause of Work-Related Deaths in Washington

Apr 28 2022 // COVID-19 was the leading cause of work-related fatalities in Washington for the second straight year, accounting for one-fourth of the 106 workers who died, according to the Washington State Department of Labor &...

California Cites Agencies, Foster Farms $3.8M for COVID-19 Sick Leave Violations

Apr 27 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited three temporary staffing agencies as well as joint employers Foster Farms, LLC and Foster Poultry Farms nearly $3.8 million for failure to inform 3,476 temporary...

Iowa Court Finds No Coverage for COVID Income Loss in 2 Decisions

Apr 26 2022 // The Iowa Supreme Court last week ruled in two separate decisions that COVID-19 did not cause a physical loss or damage that would allow a private golf club or a restaurant and bar to recoup income lost during COVID-19...

Popular Garlic Festival in California Canceled over Insurance, Pandemic

Apr 26 2022 // This year’s edition of California’s beloved Gilroy Garlic Festival has been canceled and the annual event’s future is uncertain, organizers announced.The celebration of the pungent vegetable has been held...

Worker Died of COVID After Staff Meeting at Washington Business

Apr 26 2022 // An investigation into the COVID-19 death of a worker at a Sumner, Washington, fish processing plant found company leaders knowingly putting workers at risk of exposure to the virus.The Washington state Department of Labor...

California to Keep Workplace Pandemic Rules Through 2022

Apr 22 2022 // California workplace regulators are poised to extend mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022, more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September.The...

Massachusetts: First State Top Court Gives Industry a Win in Covid-19 Claims Case

Apr 21 2022 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in the first state high court ruling on the question, has sided with an insurer and an insurance agency in finding that the Covid-19 losses claimed by three restaurants were not...

Philadelphia to Restore Indoor Mask Mandate Amid Covid Case Surge

Apr 13 2022 // Philadelphia is reinstating its indoor mask mandate after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections, the city’s top health official announced Monday.Confirmed COVID-19 cases have risen more than 50% in 10...

Bar Owners Get No Relief from Florida’s COVID Shut-Down Orders

Apr 12 2022 // Florida’s 5th District Court of Appeal has affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a suit brought by bar owners in Orlando who were shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic.Orlando Bar Group and its three...

Biden Orders Push on Long COVID, Pandemic’s Shadowy Mystery

Apr 11 2022 // Confronting the pandemic’s lasting shadow, President Joe Biden on April 5 ordered a new national research push on long COVID, while also directing federal agencies to support patients dealing with the mysterious and...