Articles tagged as: Indiana Department of Health
August 23, 2021
Indiana Health Commissioner Has No Plans To Leave State Government Anytime Soon
A few top Holcomb administration officials have left state government in recent months. That's fairly common as an administration transitions from a first term to a second, as Holcomb's did.
Read MoreAugust 20, 2021
Indiana Sees 62,000 Wasted COVID-19 Doses As Shot Rate Slows
Indiana health officials have counted about 62,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines being tossed out in recent months as the number of people seeking the shots has fallen drastically.
Read MoreAugust 18, 2021
Indiana Preparing To Increase COVID-19 Testing Availability Amid Surge Of Demand
The state is in the midst of another COVID-19 surge. The delta variant of the virus has contributed to a more than 400 percent increase in the average number of new cases per day over the last month. In that same time, however, average new tests have only gone by up less than 200 percent.
Read MoreAugust 18, 2021
Looking For A COVID-19 Test? Here’s How To Get One
As Indiana state health officials ramped up COVID-19 vaccination efforts this year, resources were diverted away from testing individuals for the virus. But within the past several weeks, the number of tests administered and the demand for tests has increased.
Read MoreAugust 17, 2021
IDOH: Contact Tracing Data Improperly Accessed, Risk 'Low' For 750K Affected
The data included name, address, email, date of birth and demographic information collected during contact tracing.
Read MoreAugust 6, 2021
Indiana Tops 2,000 New COVID-19 Cases For First Time Since April
The Indiana Department of Health reported more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases Friday. That comes as cases – and hospitalizations – have continued to grow in the last several weeks.
Read MoreJuly 30, 2021
State Health Officials 'Strongly Urge' Masks In Schools, But Won't Require Them
State health officials say they're not mandating masks in K-12 schools amid a surge of COVID-19 in part because local officials told them they want to make those decisions.
Read MoreJuly 20, 2021
Health Department Advising Hoosiers To Guard Against Mosquito Bites
The Indiana Department of Health said so far in 2021, one mosquito sample collected in Vigo County tested positive for West Nile virus. No human cases have been detected, but officials expect to see more West Nile activity as the mosquito season progresses.
Read MoreJuly 14, 2021
IUPUI To Give Out Free, Anonymous Lead Testing Kits at Indiana Black Expo
IUPUI’s Center for Urban Health will distribute dozens of free lead screening kits at the Indiana Black Expo health fair this week to help overcome barriers many families with children face to get their houses tested.
Read MoreJuly 12, 2021
State Reports Slight Increase In Indiana Abortions For 2020
The annual report from the state health department shows that the number of abortions in Indiana grew by 119, or 1.6 percent, to 7,756 during 2020.
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