Dr. Kristina Box said in a statement that she “made an informed decision” to take off her mask while dancing or talking at a recent family wedding with guests fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Several social media comments called Box’s actions hypocritical.
Roche Diagnostics is requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all 8,000 people in its U.S. workforce, including about 4,500 in Indianapolis. Employees will have until Nov. 15 to get fully vaccinated, or will be terminated, the company said in a statement.
After a surge in bookings early this summer, U.S. airline passengers are planning fewer trips as the spread of the coronavirus delta variant continues to discourage travel.
The sectors in central Indiana account for one out of every 10 jobs here, or 164,144 workers, and the jobs pay an average of $77,229, according to the report commissioned by BioCrossroads.
The state reported 2,916 new COVID cases, raising the cumulative total to 855,031. The cumulative number increased by 11,331 cases over Friday’s report.
Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box pointed out that the vast majority of people showing up at hospitals needing treatment for COVID-19 are unvaccinated.
The state reported another 21 deaths from COVID-19, raising the cumulative death toll to 13,936.
Employers are increasingly moving from luring workers to get their shots to using threats, workplace experts say, frustrated by vaccine holdouts and emboldened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this week.
Southwest Airlines said Thursday it will cut its September schedule by 27 flights a day, or less than 1%, and chop 162 flights a day, or 4.5% of the schedule, from early October through Nov. 5.
The court’s action late Thursday ends protections for roughly 3.5 million people in the United States who said they faced eviction in the next two months.
The rule, which takes effect immediately, gives patrons the interim option of showing a recent negative COVID-19 test. But effective Nov. 1, all guests age 12 and older must be fully vaccinated in order to attend a performance.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday announced new safety protocols that also include a fresh statewide mandate for masks to be worn indoors.
The coronavirus vaccine gave the live entertainment industry hope for a rebound in 2021. Now, as COVID-19 cases surge and hospital beds fill up, it feels like March 2020 all over again.
The uncertainties raised by the delta variant make it likelier that the Fed will announce a tapering in November or later, economists said, rather than in September. That would allow Fed officials to consider two additional months of data on inflation and jobs to gauge the delta variant’s impact.
The state also released the latest statistics for so-called breakthrough cases, hospitalizations and deaths on Thursday,
For some unvaccinated Americans, the FDA approval is the latest in a series of actions and appeals that have fallen flat, or further antagonized them.
Last week, U.S. health officials announced plans to give COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant of the coronavirus.
The airline plans to impose a $200 monthly surcharge on employees who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19, becoming the first major U.S. company to levy a penalty to encourage workers to get protected.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Wednesday reported another escalation in COVID-19 cases and another jump in hospitalizations from the virus.
Lawmakers approved $46.5 billion in rental assistance earlier this year, but only $5.1 billion had been been distributed by states and localities through July.
