As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the focus unsurprisingly has been on the exigent and obvious. No matter which industry you’re in, this pandemic threatens not only your life but your financial health. Though much has been written about industries in peril, far less has been written about industries—like law—that are poised to enjoy a Renaissance.

Do you have a big idea to make casinos or other Las Vegas hospitality operations safer?

As states begin reopening after shutting down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, certain industries, such as hospitality, entertainment and travel, may not bounce immediately back until both guests and employees feel safe being close to one another again.

As we continue to learn more about COVID-19, we are also discovering the best ways to protect ourselves and others. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is currently recommending wearing masks in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Since you can spread it without having symptoms, it is important to wear a non-medical grade mask (save the N-95s for our medical workers!) when in public places, even when adhering to social distancing practices.

UNLV's Lee Business School has announced the creation of the Lee School Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, as the school looks to compel entrepreneurs to develop innovations to help address the problems facing the hospitality, entertainment or travel industries due to COVID-19.

An experimental drug could help caregivers as well as patients, as it substantially improved agitation in Alzheimer's patients in a late-stage clinical trial. The announcement boosted the shares of the maker of the treatment, Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM), nearly 25% to more than $95.

With most Americans weeks into sheltering-in-place, couples are in a situation probably none ever planned for: Being in each other's faces all day, every day -- with no clear end in sight.

Whenever Nevada reopens it will be in coordination with a few neighboring states. Gov. Steve Sisolak announcing today it will be joining a pact of western states to collaborate on reopening their economies and battling the coronavirus.

In a post-COVID-19 world, people are going to be far more worried about keeping safe from viruses and other pathogens. That concern will probably hurt tourist destinations like Las Vegas, which is why UNLV's Lee Business School is offering a total of $1 million to entrepreneurs who can figure out how to ease those concerns.