Articles tagged as: Indiana Department of Health
April 28, 2022
Indiana passes 1.7M confirmed COVID-19 cases, sees slight uptick since April 1
Indiana surpassed 1.7 million confirmed cases following its dashboard update Wednesday, adding its most recent 100,000 new cases over the last four months.
Read MoreMarch 30, 2022
High-risk Hoosiers are now eligible for a second COVID-19 booster shot
Indiana health officials announced Wednesday that providers can begin to administer second boosters to Hoosiers aged 50 and older and certain immunocompromised people 12 and older.
Read MoreMarch 30, 2022
Indiana Department of Health overhauls its COVID-19 dashboard
The Indiana Department of Health is making major changes to its COVID-19 dashboard, which includes removing information that had been available for much of the pandemic.
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
Bill would require IDOH to provide annual report on overdose deaths, suicides
State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) said she had heard anecdotes about drug deaths and suicides increasing in her largely rural district during the pandemic but had trouble getting county-by-county data from the State Department of Health.
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2022
Coronavirus: Physician pushes back on Rokita advisory, IDOH makes changes to dashboard
The Indiana Department of Health made new changes to its dashboard. Hoosier physicians push back on Attorney General Todd Rokita’s advisory on unproven COVID-19 treatments. And Indiana has reported fewer than 1,000 new cases statewide for seven days.
Read MoreFebruary 23, 2022
IDOH eliminates individual positivity rate, testing from dashboard; adds new youth data
The Indiana Department of Health said the adjustments to data displayed on its COVID-19 dashboard were in response to its recent shifts in school reporting and the current state of the pandemic.
Read MoreFebruary 21, 2022
Coronavirus: Senate scales back vaccine mandate bill, IDOH issues new school guidance
A Senate committee dramatically scales back the House’s vaccine mandate bill. The Indiana Department of Health releases new school COVID-19 guidance. And COVID-19 data continues to improve.
Read MoreFebruary 18, 2022
Positive COVID-19 trends prompts IDOH to make changes to testing, National Guard support
Indiana's COVID-19 cases have fallen significantly over the last several weeks. That's prompting the Indiana Department of Health to scale back on testing.
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2022
Indiana eliminates contact tracing, quarantine guidance for schools
The Indiana Department of Health updated its quarantine guidance for schools, which goes into effect Wednesday Feb. 23.
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