Ahead of students returning to school, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging parents to get their students COVID-19 vaccines. It says the approach helps protect students and their families.

While COVID may not be top of mind for people anymore, the pandemic isn't over. And for many people who have had COVID, neither is their illness.

Indiana crossed 1.8 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, adding its most recent 100,000 new positives in a little more than two and a half months. Despite less reported testing, Indiana’s COVID-19 cases are steadily rising.

The state took more than four months to reach its most recent grim milestone. Indiana's total COVID-19 deaths is larger than the populations of 27 counties.

The Marion County Public Health Department said the new pediatric vaccine for children 6 months through 4 years is available to families by appointment.

COVID has changed the daily routine for both preschoolers and preschools at IPS. It has also created uncertainty for program funding.

A new study shows alcohol use increased during the pandemic for those 21 and older, but finding treatment can be a challenge.

So-called cryptic lineages may hold the key to better understand how the virus that causes COVID mutates to evade our immune systems.

In a statement, the state health department said booster doses help prevent hospitalization and death from COVID-19 and variants. Statewide cases have more than doubled in just the last month.