Articles tagged as: COVID-19
February 1, 2022
How much are Indiana schools spending in COVID relief? A new database tracks it
Indiana schools received a total of $2.8 billion in federal dollars through three rounds of stimulus. All of the aid is known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, or ESSER, and it must be spent by late 2024.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2022
Coronavirus: No contact tracing for schools with mask mandates, state eclipses 20,000 dead
Some Indiana school districts no longer need to do contact tracing. The state’s COVID-19 cases have continued to slow as it reaches 1.6 million confirmed cases. And the state surpassed 20,000 dead, reporting its most recent 1,000 in just two weeks.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2022
For some doctors-in-training, it’s become all COVID all the time
As the pandemic drags on, doctors continue to be pulled away from their normal duties to care for COVID patients. For early-career physicians, that means less time for specialized training.
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2022
IU Health shares update on impact of COVID at its hospitals
Indiana's largest hospital system says COVID-19 cases continue to be high across the network, but numbers are improving slightly.
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2022
Indiana eclipses 1.6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, but cases appear to be slowing
Indiana surpassed 1.6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases Friday, just over a week from its most recent milestone.
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2022
Indiana Senate backs narrow bill to end health emergency
The Indiana Senate has approved a bill taking administrative steps that Gov. Eric Holcomb has said are needed in order for him to end the statewide COVID-19 public health emergency.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2022
What the latest COVID-19 data means for you
There is so much data related to COVID-19 available that it can be hard to make sense of it all.To get some clarity on the issue, Side Effects Public Media and Indiana Public Broadcasting spoke with experts about how to find COVID-19 data and how to use it to guide decision-making.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2022
Challenge to Indiana University vaccine mandate nixed again
Indiana University announced last May that the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for its some 115,000 students and employees at campuses around the state would take effect in the fall semester.
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2022
Indiana surpasses 20,000 dead, reporting 1,000 deaths in just two weeks
Indiana added 1,000 new confirmed COVID-19 deaths to its total in just two weeks, pushing the state past another grim milestone: 20,000 dead.
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2022
Coronavirus: House passes vaccine mandate bill, Indiana eclipses 1.5 million COVID-19 cases
The Indiana House votes to effectively ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates, sending it to the Senate. Indiana hits one year since it fully vaccinated its first resident. And Indiana surpassed 1.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, with some early signs of slowing.
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