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Apr 16, 2020

by Rosario Méndez Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC This is an alert for small business owners who are looking to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”). The loans…

Apr 5, 2020

Dr. William Walters Alice G. Wells, Principal Deputy Assistant SecretaryBureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Ian G. Brownlee, Principal Deputy Assistant SecretaryBureau of Consular Affairs MR BROWN: Hey, everybody. Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown here. Thanks for joining the call.…

Mar 25, 2020

by Jennifer Leach Associate Director, Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC Lt's dizzying, the amount of information out there about the Coronavirus. You’re dealing with story after story online and through social media, television, radio, and in newspapers and…

Mar 10, 2020

One of nation’s largest health system-run diagnostic labs now able to process hundreds of tests daily LAKE SUCCESS, NY — Northwell Health Labs today began semi-automated testing for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Through an emergency use…

Mar 10, 2020

Background CDC is responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in China and which has now been detected in more than 100 locations internationally, including in the United States. The…