Coronavirus

INDIANAPOLIS — COVID-19 antibody therapies developed at Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly have been paused. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the therapies are unlikely to be effective against the Omicron variant. The therapies from Eli Lilly were given Emergency Use Authorization to treat COVID-19 in February.  It was expanded earlier this month to treat […]

(CNN) — For Americans who suffer from weak immune systems, it felt like a miracle occurred on December 8. That day, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized a drug to help keep immune-compromised people from getting infected with the coronavirus. But that joy quickly turned to despair as patients learned the government has only […]

INDIANAPOLIS — COVID tests are in short supply throughout the United States. So much so that many stores are placing limits on how many at-home COVID tests that people can buy. Former U.S. Surgeon General and Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams says the blame for the shortage falls at the feet of government […]

(CNN) — The two largest pharmaceutical chain stores in the US — CVS Health and Walgreens — are limiting the number of at-home Covid kits customers can buy due to huge demand. The rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant ahead of the holidays has sparked the surge — and there has been anecdotal evidence over the past […]

(WISH) — More Hoosiers are looking to get a rapid test for coronavirus, but, according to health officials, there’s a chance you won’t get your hands on one. “Because they are in such short supply we’re really trying to save them for those who are really sick,” said Stephenie Mellinger, administrator at the Madison County Health […]

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana is reporting just under 3,000 Hoosiers hospitalized with COVID-19. Doctors call the surge a dire situation. It’s leading three top health systems to issue an urgent plea. IU Health, Community Health Network and Eskenazi Hospital are unified under one message: “We can’t do this alone.” “We just want to get the […]

INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Navy will deploy a 20-person team of medical personnel to Indiana to assist IU Health Methodist Hospital. FEMA requested the help as the military personnel includes nurses, respiratory therapists, and medical doctors, U.S. Army North said Monday in a press release. Another 20-person team is being sent to Wisconsin to assist […]

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health has extended its COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic at Indianapolis Motor Speedway through Jan. 22, 2022. The clinic is being held in the IndyCar parking lot at 4551 W. 16th Street, across from Gate 2. The clinic offers the two-doze Pfizer pediatric and adult vaccines as well as the […]

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The omicron variant has arrived in Indiana. The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) on Sunday announced the first case of the variant detected in the state. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Indiana was one of seven states in which Omicron had not been detected. IDOH says the specimen was […]

INDIANAPOLIS — The number of coronavirus patients being treated at IU Health hospitals continues to rise. There are 518 COVID-19 patients throughout the hospital system, an increase of 22 people since Wednesday, IU Health said Friday. 339 of the 496 people in ICU-level care across the hospital network are COVID patients, roughly three in every four […]