Articles tagged as: COVID-19
March 23, 2022
Children of health care workers had a front row seat to the pandemic. It took a toll.
Two years into the pandemic, data shows that the toll on children's mental health has been profound. Children of frontline health care workers had a front row seat to the pandemics scariest moments from day one.
Read MoreMarch 23, 2022
Mortgage refinance program helps Marion County residents impacted by pandemic
Renew Indianapolis, has invested more than $2.6 million to help 19 homeowners who fell behind on their mortgages because of the pandemic.
Read MoreMarch 22, 2022
Hospitalization depended heavily on race and vaccination status during U.S. omicron wave
Black adults in the U.S. were hospitalized at nearly four times the rate of White adults during the recent omicron wave, according to a new study from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Read MoreMarch 21, 2022
Two years in: The pandemic through the eyes of a health care worker’s spouse
Stories about the stress health care workers on the frontlines have experienced are common. But their families have also been on an emotional rollercoaster for more than two years.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2022
Indiana health workers saw spike in workplace injury, illness in 2020
Overall, only about 3 in every 100 full-time workers had an on-the-job injury or illness in Indiana, continuing a years-long decline. But, meanwhile, about 7 out of 100 health care workers had a work-related incident — a 50 percent increase from the year before.
Read MoreMarch 12, 2022
Notre Dame easing COVID mask mandate effective Monday
The University of Notre Dame is easing its mask mandate starting Monday, leaving them optional indoors for staff, students and visitors who are fully vaccinated.
Read MoreMarch 7, 2022
Coronavirus: Holcomb ends public health emergency, Indiana eclipses 22,000 dead
Indiana surpasses 22,000 dead, as the rate of new deaths slows. Gov. Eric Holcomb signs the General Assembly’s less restrictive COVID-19 vaccine mandate bill. And he ended the state’s public health emergency, which had been in place since March 2020.
Read MoreMarch 7, 2022
The pandemic may delay progress toward closing racial gaps in cancer outcomes
While cancer death rates in the U.S. have declined in recent years, racial disparities persist. Midwestern states — including Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana — have some of the highest rates of cancer mortality for Black residents in the country. Public health advocates have worked for years to close the racial gap, but some worry the pandemic will delay progress.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2022
House gives final approval to less restrictive COVID-19 vaccine employer mandate bill
The debate in the General Assembly over how and whether to restrict businesses from enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates is over.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2022
Gov. Eric Holcomb officially ends Indiana's COVID-19 public health emergency
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an executive order Thursday ending the emergency declaration that's been in place since March 2020.
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