Indiana’s count of COVID cases grows by 213
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased from 427 on Monday to 447 on Tuesday.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased from 427 on Monday to 447 on Tuesday.
As the United States emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, Missouri is becoming a cautionary tale for the rest of the country.
The report from the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services found that nursing home deaths overall jumped by 169,291 from the previous year, before the coronavirus appeared.
Legal experts say such vaccine requirements, particularly in a public health crisis, will probably continue be upheld in court as long as employers provide reasonable exemptions, including for medical conditions or religious objections.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 198 new COVID-19 cases, marking the 20th straight daily report with fewer than 500 cases.
Indianapolis’ goal of fully eliminating pandemic-related restrictions by Independence Day isn’t set in stone, local officials said Tuesday.
The suit contends that IU’s policy violates the Fourteenth Amendment, which includes the rights of personal autonomy and bodily integrity and the right to reject medical treatment.
The state said more than 2.74 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.76 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 457 on Thursday to 444 on Friday.
The state on Friday reported 218 new COVID-19 cases, marking the 17th straight daily report with fewer than 500 cases.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dipped from 532 on Tuesday to 475 on Wednesday, the lowest number since the opening weeks of the pandemic.
The state said more than 2.7 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.73 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
With the arrival of the vaccine in mid-December, COVID-19 deaths per day in the U.S. have plummeted to an average of around 340, from a high of more than 3,400 in mid-January.
The new report, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, bolsters earlier studies indicating the virus entered the country under the radar and may have been spreading in the first two months of 2020, well in advance of warnings.
Legal experts say such vaccine requirements, particularly in a public health crisis, will probably continue to be upheld in court as long as employers provide reasonable exemptions, including for medical conditions or religious objections.
As the pandemic wore into the spring selling season, many troops nixed their traditional cookie booths for safety reasons.
The Transportation Security Administration announced Saturday that 2.03 million travelers were screened at airport checkpoints on Friday. It was the first time in 15 months that the number of security screenings has surpassed 2 million in a single day.
School districts across the United States are hiring additional teachers in anticipation of what will be one of the largest kindergarten classes ever as enrollment rebounds following the coronavirus pandemic.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Friday reported four new deaths from COVID-19, raising the cumulative death tally to 13,295.
The Biden administration has exempted most employers from long-awaited rules for protecting workers from the coronavirus, angering labor advocates who had spent more than a year lobbying for the protections.