Articles tagged as: COVID-19
March 29, 2021
Black Americans Face Widening Life Expectancy Gap, Biggest Since 1998
Lloyd Hall's death from COVID last year illustrates a grim trend: The pandemic has decreased the life expectancy of a typical American, and is hitting Black Americans especially hard. The report shows that while Black Americans live to age 72, whites live to 78 -- a six-year gap that is the widest since 1998.
Read MoreMarch 29, 2021
State To Open Mass Vaccination Site In Gary, Mobile Clinics Throughout Northern Indiana
The state is partnering with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to set up a mass vaccination site in Gary that will run from April 7 through June 2, delivering 2,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine per day.
Read MoreMarch 29, 2021
Indiana Opens Vaccine Eligibility To Hoosiers 30+, Ahead Of Final Expansion March 31
Hoosiers 30 and older can now register for appointments to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the Indiana Department of Health announced Monday.
Read MoreMarch 28, 2021
Coronavirus: Indiana Sets End For COVID-19 Restrictions, To Open Eligibility To All 16+
The Indiana Department of Health reported 81 additional confirmed deaths over the last week. That brings the states total to 12,617 confirmed deaths. The state also reported more than 6,000 new cases in the last week.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2021
Indiana's Pandemic Death Toll Tops 13K With 20 More Deaths
Another 20 Indiana residents have died from COVID-19, pushing the state's pandemic toll to more than 13,000 deaths over the past year, state health officials said Friday.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2021
Subaru's Lafayette Plant Begins Vaccinating Workers
Subarus Lafayette auto plant began vaccinating workers on Friday as part of a statewide plan to ramp up vaccinations.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2021
Essential Worker, Butcher Juan Ruffin Reflects On One Year Of COVID-19
It's been a year of living through the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana. When the Stay-At-Home orders went into effect in 2020, we brought you the stories of essential workers outside of health care who have also put themselves at risk in order to do their jobs. We checked back in with them about their lives one year later.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2021
Vaccine Effort Focuses On Native Groups In Indiana
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi has partnered with several Indiana-based organizations to offer COVID-19 vaccines to Native Americans and other native groups in Indiana.
Read MoreMarch 25, 2021
Marion County Will Continue COVID-19 Restrictions
Marion County will keep its COVID-19 mask mandate and capacity restrictions even after the state lifts its orders.
Read MoreMarch 25, 2021
Indiana Surpasses 1 Million Fully Vaccinated, Three Months Into State Rollout
More than 1 million Hoosiers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, three months into the states rollout. The Indiana Department of Health announced the milestone Thursday.
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