Career and technical education teachers across the state are making and donating protective gear to organizations and hospitals fighting COVID-19, even as they find new ways to teach in lieu of hands-on learning.

Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard is strongly urging all who are in public, to wear face coverings.

Emily Gartner has a sewing studio in the Circle City Industrial Complex. The professional seamstress would normally be creating fashion and teaching classes, but now she's making surgical gowns for Eskenazi Health Care workers.

The University of Notre Dame has repurposed 3-D printers from labs across campus to make clear plastic face shield kits for health care workers.

Iowa is among the states with the fewest COVID-19 cases, but it still has more than 300 confirmed cases and the total increases every day. The state's hospitals, large and small, face a common problem as they get ready for a possible spike in patients: finding enough equipment.

The Indiana Department of Correction is manufacturing personal protective equipment for first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic.