Some spectators to be permitted at Indy 500, but concerts called off
The Indianapolis 500 can run with up to 40% of its typical spectator capacity this year, following discussions between the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and city and state officials.
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White House to offer new tax credit to help spur vaccinations
The tax change would provide a credit of up to $511 per day per employee for businesses with fewer than 500 workers to ensure that those workers or businesses don’t suffer a penalty by getting vaccinated.
Indiana reports 1,166 new COVID-19 cases, 14 more deaths
The state said more than 1.6 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday. More than 2.2 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
FDA weighs ban on menthol cigarettes, which disproportionately addict Black Americans
The FDA has long targeted menthol cigarettes for a regulatory crackdown amid warnings from doctors and other public health experts that the products are easier to start smoking, harder to quit and cause outsize harm to African Americans.
EU agency links J&J shot to rare clots, but says odds favor use
Last week, Johnson & Johnson halted its European roll-out of the vaccine after U.S. officials recommended a pause in the vaccine, when they detected six very rare blood clot cases among nearly 7 million people who had been vaccinated.
State sees 733 more COVID-19 cases, eight additional deaths
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose from 875 on Sunday to 891 on Monday.
Indiana announces $30 million grant program for hotels, entertainment venues
The Indiana Hospitality & Entertainment Grant program is intended to help those businesses “largely excluded from other government assistance programs,” the state said.
Indiana hospitalizations from COVID-19 up 49% in last month
Even though nearly 1.6 million Hoosiers are fully vaccinated, large risks remain as variants of the virus have begun to emerge.
Indiana tallies 770 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths
The Indiana State Department of Health on Monday reported 770 new COVID-19 cases, only the second time in 13 days that cases have fallen below 1,000 in the daily report. Case counts on Mondays, which rely on Sunday reporting, are often lower than the rest of the week. The seven-day moving average of positive cases […]
Doctors see troubling results from delayed treatments during the pandemic
With medical visits picking up again among patients vaccinated against COVID-19, health providers are starting to see the consequences of a year of pandemic-delayed preventive and emergency care.
COVID once spared the young, but more are now being hospitalized
Faster-spreading variants of COVID-19 are sending more younger people to the hospital. Fatalities remain low, but doctors say the virus is now making the young sicker, some gravely.
State sees increase of 1,041 COVID-19 cases, seven more deaths
The state said more than 1.56 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sunday. More than 2.16 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
Indiana reports 1,263 new COVID-19 cases; global death toll tops 3M
The seven-day moving average of positive COVID-19 cases in Indiana rose to 1,344, the highest mark since Feb. 12.
Indiana reports 1,327 more COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths
The state said more than 1.52 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday. More than 2.1 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
Indiana reports highest daily COVID-19 case count since Feb. 20
The state said more than 1.49 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Thursday. Almost 2.1 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
March retail sales, boosted by stimulus checks, soar 9.8%
Newly vaccinated and armed with $1,400 stimulus checks, Americans went on a spending spree last month, buying new clothes and going out to eat again.
U.S. jobless claims plunge to 576,000, lowest since pandemic
The Labor Department said Thursday that applications plummeted by 193,000, from a revised 769,000 a week earlier.
Indiana reports 20 more COVID-19 deaths, most since April 2
The Indiana State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 1,233 new COVID-19 cases, the seventh time in nine days that new reported cases have topped 1,000.
Poll: Only 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic
While most Americans have weathered the pandemic financially, about 38 million say they are worse off now than before the outbreak began in the United States.
Indiana moves past 700,000 COVID-19 cases
The state said more than 1.43 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday. More than 2 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.