The CEO of IU Health is speaking publicly about racism as a public health crisis, and says Black leaders in the organization want more training dedicated to being "actively anti-racist" in culture.

The new COVID-19 vaccine is being rolled out across the country -- a process that will take months. But there were hopeful signs Wednesday at an Indianapolis hospital where some of the first shots were given.

In a joint statement, the leaders of Community Health Network, Eskenazi Health and Indiana University Health say they want to go on record in pledging to do more to end health disparities and inequity.

Indianapolis Public Schools is partnering with Indiana University Health to launch a fellowship focused on health care at Attucks. The pilot program is an expansion of the district's health sciences pathway.

The grants are part of the $100 million Community Impact Investment Fund established last year to address social and environmental determinants of health in Indiana communities.

The expanded campus will be located just south of the existing IU Health Methodist Hospital, extending from 16th Street to 12th Street and from Capitol Avenue west to Interstate 65.

IU Health, the state's largest hospital system, said its doctors have conducted about 80,000 telemedicine visits this year, a 10,000 percent increase since the COVID-19 virus hit the state in March.

Indiana University Health will begin relaxing some of the temporary visitor restrictions put in place at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic starting June 15.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved convalescent plasma as an investigational new drug, but the idea of a treatment derived from recovering patients dates as far back as the 1890s.

Guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are in place to protect those most at risk including people over 60 and those with underlying health conditions. But, doctors say there's still a lot we don't know about the risks for women who are pregnant.