Health insurers strike gold with COVID-19

https://smartnews.link/w/fZ4p

260 students and 8 teachers quarantined in Georgia school district after first week of school

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/us/students-teachers-quarantined-in-georgia-school/index.html

Princeton Scraps Plan to Return Undergraduates to Campus

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-08-07/princeton-scraps-plan-to-bring-undergraduates-back-onto-campus

US officials: Russia vs. Biden, China vs. Trump pre-election

https://apnews.com/e98a8285f773403af163bc720d70fc2d

Europe Tests New Strategy as COVID-19 Surges

https://time.com/5876132/europe-coronavirus-second-wave/

US adds 1.8 million jobs in a sign that hiring has weakened

https://apnews.com/e0aca194f0f4870b01280049ca567a87

Capital One fined $80 million for breach that accessed data of 106 million card holders

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/capital-one-fined-80-million-for-breach-that-accessed-data-of-106-million-card-holders-2020-08-06

Hawaii reinstates inter-island quarantine as Honolulu's mayor plans to close all Oahu beaches

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/hawaii-beaches-parks-closed-honolulu-mayor/index.html

Trump Reimposes Canadian Aluminum Import Tariff to Stem ‘Flood’

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-08-06/president-trump-to-announce-10-tariff-on-some-canadian-aluminum

Halloween canceled? COVID-19 threatens theme parks, costumers

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-08-06/covid-19-halloween-canceled?_amp=true

Turkey to use 'all available' tools as currency plunges

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/turkey-market-volatility-lira.html

Massachusetts Towns Raise Risk of Deadly Brain Disease to Critical

https://www.newsweek.com/massachusetts-towns-risk-deadly-brain-disease-critical-1522618

July jobs report 2020: America's jobs crisis could be about to get even worse

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/economy/july-2020-jobs-report/index.html

Chinese village sealed off after death from bubonic plague

https://www.9news.com.au/world/bubonic-plague-china-inner-mongolia-death-village-sealed-off/529ce80c-5ac6-4e5c-80e8-0975c389b546

Arizona teacher fined $2,000 for quitting over in-person school reopenings

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/510973-arizona-teacher-fined-2000-for-quitting-over-in-person-school

Teen has 'completely different personality' after coronavirus attacked her brain

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/teen-completely-different-personality-after-22478614.amp

UMass Amherst reverses plan for fall, most students not invited back to campus

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/06/metro/umass-amherst-reverses-plan-fall-most-student-not-invited-back-campus/

Workers that returned to jobs after COVID-19 layoffs are being fired again: study

https://www.businessinsider.com/workers-returned-jobs-coronavirus-layoffs-fired-again-study-twice-unemployment-2020-8?amp

Trump Widens China Tech Attack, Ordering Bans on TikTok and WeChat

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-08-07/trump-signs-tiktok-ban-as-u-s-boosts-pressure-for-sale-of-app

As schools reopen, coronavirus spreads to dozens of students and staff - Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/schools-reopen-coronavirus-spreads-already-2020-8?amp

Supply Chain Risk Grows as Weary Crews Halt Ships and Clog Ports

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-08-07/supply-chain-risk-grows-as-weary-crews-halt-ships-and-clog-ports

The Country’s Most Productive Farmland Is Now One of Its Worst COVID-19 Hotspots

https://modernfarmer.com/2020/08/the-countrys-most-productive-farmland-is-now-one-of-its-worst-covid-19-hotspots/

Texas Teacher Forced to Quarantine In First Week of School Reopening

https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-texas-teacher-1523249

26 new COVID-19 coronavirus cases reported in Cleveland, all involving patients in their 20s or younger

https://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/2020/08/26-new-covid-19-coronavirus-cases-reported-in-cleveland-all-involving-patients-in-their-20s-or-younger.html

Over 100 students forced to quarantine after first week of school in Mississippi town

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/students-quarantine-after-school-reopens-corinth-mississippi-coronavirus-spike/

Crowded Georgia High School Already Facing Covid-19 Outbreak

https://jezebel.com/the-packed-high-school-featured-in-that-viral-photo-is-1844629216

COVID-19 in Indiana: Record number of new cases reported

https://www.mywabashvalley.com/top-news/covid-19-in-indiana-record-number-of-new-cases-reported/

6-year-old girl dead from COVID-19 in west Tennessee

https://amp.charlotteobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article244763092.html

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests positive for COVID-19

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/06/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-tests-positive-covid-19/3309769001/

The Pandemic Is Causing a Shortage of Poll Workers. Can States Recruit Enough By Election Day?

https://time.com/5876195/coronavirus-poll-workers-election/

U.S. Republican congressman Rodney Davis says he has COVID-19

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN252054

Fauci Says Parts of U.S. 'On Fire' With Coronavirus

https://www.newsweek.com/fauci-us-fire-coronavirus-1523196

Dozens of colleges closed abruptly in recent years — and efforts to protect students have failed

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/dozens-colleges-closed-abruptly-recent-years-efforts-protect-students-have-n1235617

Obama's Medicaid expansion gains momentum under Trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/obama-s-medicaid-expansion-gains-momentum-under-trump-n1235993

Asia Today: Central Japan region put under virus emergency

https://apnews.com/5e88bb0cfeb925ef7ca709fe95dbc94c

How the Pandemic Might Be Hurting Your Eyes

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-08-06/how-too-much-covid-19-screen-time-is-damaging-america-s-eyes

Exxon halts contributions to employee retirement plan

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN2510IG

Southern Indiana school district pushes back start date after employee tests positive for COVID-19

https://www.wlky.com/article/southern-indiana-school-district-pushes-back-start-date-after-employee-tests-positive-for-covid-19/33526445

Dead Bodies Stored in Coolers As Arizona Coronavirus Deaths Surge

https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-deaths-arizona-medical-examiner-office-bodies-coolers-1523207

The Next Global Depression Is Coming Amid the Coronavirus | Time

https://time.com/5876606/economic-depression-coronavirus/