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COVID Testing Ramping Up, Beef Prices Soaring | Indiana Newsdesk

Right now on  Indiana Newsdesk:

The state is ramping up COVID-19 testing again as positive cases and hospitalizations continue to rise due to the delta variant. However, the number of Hoosiers fully vaccinated against the virus remains just around 50 percent.

The price of beef is soaring, but the extra money isn’t going cattle farmers. And that’s causing them to rethink how much livestock they keep on hand. Cattle farmers are also turning to Washington for help.

And an Afghan professor at Indiana University talks about the turmoil in his homeland.

Those stories and the latest news headlines from across the state, right now on  Indiana Newsdesk.

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Anchor "Indiana Newsdesk," "Ask The Mayor" - WTIU/WFIU News. Formerly host of "The Weekly Special." Hebron, Ind. native, IU Alumnus. Follow him on Twitter @Joe_Hren