The SBA did not address the timing of loans to minority-owned businesses, but said $133 billion, or 25%, of PPP funding went to companies in economically disadvantaged areas known as Historically Underutilized Business Zones, and 27% went to low and moderate-income neighborhoods.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 2,786 on Friday to 2,655 on Saturday, the lowest number since Nov. 14.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 2,842 on Thursday to 2,786 on Friday, the lowest number since Nov. 15. COVID-19 patients occupy 31.6% of the state’s intensive care beds.
Wall Street closed out a tumultuous year for stocks with more record highs Thursday, a fitting coda to the market’s stunning comeback from its historic plunge in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.
The pandemic created winners and losers in the business world in 2020. Here’s a look at those that benefitted from the health crisis and those that faltered.
Indiana has reported 373 total new deaths in the last three daily reports, an average of 124 per day.
In Indiana, 12,732 people filed initial unemployment claims in the week ended Dec. 26, up from an adjusted number of 12,234 the previous week.
The Sinopharm vaccine, like the AstraZeneca one, could be easier for countries around the world to handle since they can be stored at normal fridge temperatures.
More than a year since the first known person was infected with the coronavirus, an AP investigation shows the Chinese government is strictly controlling all research into its origins while actively promoting fringe theories that it could have come from outside China.
State health officials shared some new information and a few details during Gov. Eric Holcomb’s weekly press briefing on Wednesday.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Wednesday that he is extending his executive order that outlines restrictions based on the rate of infection in each county for another three weeks.
Reported cases have been on the rise for three straight days after dropping significantly over the Christmas holiday weekend.
Human resources advisers, workplace designers, employment lawyers and compensation analysts share predictions for a year that could bring back some normalcy while returning people to workplaces that may never be the same.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s new bill—which makes the $2,000 payments contingent on the formation of a commission to investigate the 2020 election as well as a complicated repeal of big tech liability protections—does not have enough support to pass.
It is common for viruses to undergo minor changes as they reproduce and move through a population. The fear is that mutations will become significant enough to defeat the vaccines.
Britain on Wednesday authorized emergency use of a second COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country to greenlight an easy-to-handle shot that its developers hope will become the “vaccine for the world.”
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris took up Dr. Moore’s cause on Tuesday, saying the complaints of Black women are “often downplаyed or ignored in our health care system.”
Letlow is the highest-ranking U.S. politician to die of COVID-19, which has now killed more than 337,000 Americans.
President Donald Trump’s push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks is on hold in the Senate after Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks over whether to boost spending or defy the White House.
Researchers have now detected the more transmissible variant in at least 17 countries outside the United Kingdom, including as far away as Australia and South Korea, as of Tuesday afternoon. Officials in Canada had said they had identified two cases.
