Bárbara Anguiano
Reporter, IPBS News-
The tornadoes caused significant damage and injuries along the path through Illinois and Indiana. -
A study at Indiana University aims to shed light on so-called COVID-19 immunity, after a person has been infected or after being vaccinated. -
Herd immunity is when the majority of people in a certain population are vaccinated, so they end up helping protect the part of the population that is not. As Christmas nears, health experts stress the importance of remaining cautious of the virus as the state works toward achieving herd immunity. -
Brian Dixon is the director of public health informatics at the Regenstrief Institute. He says in order to achieve herd immunity in the state, 70 percent, or roughly 4.8 million Hoosiers need to be vaccinated. -
The county health department says they learned the importance of direct community outreach and communication after navigating their last public health emergency, an HIV-outbreak in 2015. -
To put the massive loss due to COVID-19 in the U.S. in Hoosier terms, that’s about the population of Fort Wayne during the last census. -
As COVID-19 numbers continue to surge across the state, more hospitals are forced to send non-emergency patients elsewhere. -
Indiana hospitalization rates due to COVID-19 reached their highest point on Friday since the state began releasing that data. -
Some Indiana universities are turning to COVID-19 exit-testing ahead of students leaving campus before Thanksgiving. -
Monroe County is one of 17 counties that, according to the Indiana State Department of Health, has some of the lower positivity rates in the state.
