June 23, 2020

As businesses reopen, what happens if an employee says another employee gave them Covid-19? Or a customer posts online that a store is failing to adequately clean? Ethan Krasnoo, counsel at Reavis Page Jump LLP, examines the intricacies of defamation law, such as the difficulty of establishing damages, and various situations that could give rise to a successful claim.

NIH workshop attendees review capabilities, limits of SARS-CoV-2 serology testing.

A new study reveals that even patients who are reportedly asymptomatic — no fever, cough, fatigue or breathing issues — could sustain temporary lung damage from the novel coronavirus.

Henry Aaron explains how COVID-19 has revealed shortcomings in the U.S. social safety net, illustrating the need for better preparation for other crises.

The rising death toll of essential workers such as nurses, bus drivers, and grocery workers is a grave reminder of what is at stake in decisions of when to lift stay-at-home orders and reopen local economies.

City of Daegu wants $82 million from cult-like church at center of initial outbreak, as Seoul contemplates measures to tackle a resurgence.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief criticized the total lack of international coordination in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday and warned that the go-it-alone policy of many countries will not defeat the coronavirus.

The International Olympic Committee and WHO together with the United Nations launch a partnership to encourage individuals and communities around the world to be #HEALTHYTogether. The three partners and Olympic athletes will spotlight the global collaboration needed to stay healthy and reduce the spread and impact of COVID-19.

There is a lot of confusion and concern around asymptomatic spread of SARS-C0V-2. An infectious disease expert explains how many people are asymptomatic and how they can spread the virus.

The current pandemic isn't just affecting humans, it's also impacting wildlife.

'If we don't wear masks, we're going to have to shut down again,' the Landry's CEO told CNBC. 'Then we're going to really have an economic problem besides a lot of unhealthy, very sick people out there.'

'Even with the testing increasing or being flat, the number of people testing positive is accelerating faster than that,' Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said last week.

Doctors in states such as Florida and Texas are reporting higher numbers of COVID-19 patients in their 20s, 30s and 40s.

“Why was it canceled? It was canceled because the NIH was told to cancel it,' Fauci said.

House Democrats press the leaders of federal agencies for details on whether President Trump has stymied health experts from taking more effective action to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Fauci, Redfield and other health experts to testify on coronavirus testing, treatments before House panel as Trump heads to rally supporters at megachurch.

Trying to accelerate the development of a Covid-19 vaccine should not mean forsaking ethical concerns, putting well-intentioned volunteers at needless risk, or setting back global vaccine efforts.

Governments and drug companies agree: We need to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. But their motives for developing a vaccine are different. And that will have a big effect on the vaccine's price.

Lincoln County, Oregon, has exempted nonwhite people from a new order requiring that face coverings be worn in public — to prevent racial profiling. Health officials announced last week resid…