Virus

It's been one year since the COVID-19 public health emergency ended. The Indiana Department of Health still posts weekly updates of new COVID-19 data, but one expert says those numbers aren't totally accurate.

As the winter months are approaching, experts are worried that the combination of new variants and other viruses could cause another harsh wave of Covid-19.

RSV is a common respiratory illness spread by close contact that causes cold-like symptoms.

Health officials in the U.S. look to Australia’s flu season to predict the strain that will be most common here. Epidemiologists say flu shots are really effective against this year’s strain, but only if people get their vaccine.

The number of new cases nationally has been plummeting since the delta surge peaked in mid-September. The U.S. is averaging about 73,000 new cases per day, dramatically lower than the 173,000 recorded on Sept. 13.

The Monroe County Health Department is working to notify all close contacts of the 17 known cases of mumps on the IU Bloomington campus.