Indiana continues to lag the nation in percentage of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and is now seeing an outbreak of variants that are more infectious and can cause more severe illness.
The relaxed guidelines come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
Pfizer said another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant.
New research adds to evidence that widely used COVID-19 vaccines still offer strong protection against a coronavirus mutant that is spreading rapidly around the world and now is the most prevalent variant in the United States.
The state said more than 2.85 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.82 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
Weeks before an eviction moratorium put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expires on July 31, much of the federal aid meant to help tenants and landlords has not reached them.
Attorneys for the state maintain Indiana can’t continue paying out the benefits because the state has already ended its agreement with the federal government to administer the federal programs.
The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant. The tally of lives lost over the past year and a half, as compiled from official sources by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the number of people […]
Last year, companies around the U.S. scrambled to figure out how to shut down their offices and set up their employees for remote work. Now, they are scrambling to figure out the best way to bring many of those employees back.
The state health department reported seven new deaths from COVID-19, increasing the cumulative death tally to 13,466. The state has averaged four deaths per day from COVID over the past seven days.
Judge Patrick Dietrick wrote in the ruling dated Saturday that such an interpretation would give the attorney general greater power than the governor in protecting the governor’s constitutional powers.
The state said more than 2.84 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.81 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
The Wine Market, which opened on Virginia Avenue in 2017, is bursting at the seams. Its owners are investing more than $2 million to buy and renovate a new space in the heart of Fountain Square.
Some large downtown employers say they expect most or all of their workforce to return to the office full time. Others say they’re adopting hybrid models that offer employees the option to work remotely at least part of the time.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Friday reported reported eight new deaths from COVID-19, increasing the cumulative death tally to 13,439.
There are signs that people are re-evaluating their work and personal lives and aren’t necessarily interested in returning to their old jobs, particularly those that offer modest wages.
The governor pointed out that Indiana’s fully vaccinated rate of 48% ranks the state 38th in the country — and that 98.5% of new COVID-19 infections are among unvaccinated people.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dipped from 408 on Tuesday to 404 on Wednesday.
As decisions on COVID restrictions fall to local Indiana school boards this week, many have elected to stop requiring masks, while others are waiting for more public health guidance.
The state Department of Workforce Development said it was determining how to resume the federal programs if the judge’s order remains in place.
