Coronavirus
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indiana’s health emergency declaration is approaching its second anniversary, but legislative leaders say the end is in sight. Governor Holcomb said in November the only remaining hurdle before ending the emergency is to pass a bill preserving enhanced Medicaid and food stamp benefits, and maintaining the state health department’s ability to authorize COVID-19 […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – For a second straight year, schools which took some of their classes online due to the pandemic won’t lose money over it, under a bill headed for the House floor. Indiana law says if more than half your classes are held online, you’re a virtual school and receive less money. That created problems […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Senate Republicans have scaled back a proposed ban on employer vaccine requirements for COVID-19. Companies would still have to honor medical or religious exemptions, but they wouldn’t just have to take your word for it. The bill would instead follow standards laid out in federal civil rights law, which say companies have a […]
INDIANAPOLIS–In a deal worth at least $720 million, Eli Lilly and Company says it will supply the U.S. government up to 600,000 thousand doses of a drug for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in certain high-risk patients. The agreement is conditional on Lilly getting Emergency Use Authorization for the drug, which is called […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – A two-week plunge in coronavirus cases comes just in time for your Super Bowl party. Community Health chief medical officer Ram Yeleti says if you’re vaccinated and not at high risk from the virus, it should be safe to watch the Rams and Bengals with friends or at your local bar. He says […]
(NOBLESVILLE, Ind.) – Hamilton County will close its mass COVID vaccination clinic a week from Friday. The Hamilton County Health Department set up shop at the county fairgrounds for six months last year when the vaccine first became available, and reopened the clinic when boosters began in October. Emergency preparedness coordinator Chris Walker says at […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indiana’s state health emergency has been extended again, while legislators try to untangle a couple of pandemic-related issues. Governor Holcomb said in November he’d end the emergency once legislators took action to preserve expanded Medicaid and food stamp benefits, extend emergency licensing requirements, and allow the state health department to authorize COVID vaccinations […]
(CNN) — The rollout of free N95 masks for the public began this week across the United States, with some pharmacies already handing out the masks and others expecting to do so in the coming days. The program is part of the Biden administration’s effort to distribute 400 million free N95 masks from the Strategic National […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The Indianapolis Urban League is handing out 2,500 free COVID-19 home test kits during its food and meal distribution drive on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The league said it’s prepared to serve 500 families at 777 Indiana Avenue. Families will also receive a case of Lysol disinfecting wipes. There will also be 22,840 pounds […]
STATEWIDE — Meijer will provide free N95 masks to customers who need them at its stores across Indiana and the Midwest. The grocery store chain will offer the masks as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ free mask program. Meijer says it has received approximately three million N95 masks and will offer […]