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The Indiana State Department of Health on Sunday said 13.2% of those tested so far have been positive for COVID-19.
Health experts fear that silent carriers of the virus who have no symptoms could unwittingly infect others at protests where people are packed cheek to jowl, many without masks.
The Indiana State Department of Health said Saturday that the cumulative death toll in the state rose to 1,958, up from 1,946 the previous day—an increase of 12.
For some automakers, the return to full production has been delayed, or it’s been herky-herky, with production lines stopping and starting due to infected workers or parts shortages from Mexico and elsewhere.
Marion County’s clerk had implored the Indiana Election Commission to extend the deadline, saying thousands of voters who planned to vote by mail in Tuesday’s election might not be able to do so.
The biggest portion of the funds will go toward a $30 million grant program called the Small Business Restart Fund.
The U.S. will no longer treat Hong Kong and China as separate entities for the purposes of extradition, customs, trade and visa issues, President Trump said Friday. He also attacked the World Health Organization, which he said was effectively controlled by Beijing.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged Friday that the Fed faces a major challenge with the launch in the coming days of a program that will lend to companies other than banks for the first time since the Great Depression.
Philip and Martin Low’s latest venture, Eradivir, was incorporated in February to develop a treatment that would fight the influenza virus, but COVID-19 prompted a tweak to the business plan.
Around the world, more than 80 vaccine projects are under development by pharmaceutical companies and university research laboratories.
The not-for-profit and its health research are a testament to the idea that all innovation is related—even when the connection appears tenuous at first glance.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Friday said 248,713 people have been tested so far, up from 242,287 in Thursday’s report—an increase of 6,426.
Research found that, because of the extra $600, two-thirds of laid-off workers are receiving benefits that exceed the paychecks they previously earned from working.
Last month’s spending decline was far worse than the revised 6.9% drop in March, which itself had set a previous record for the steepest one-month fall in records dating to 1959.
Marion County Clerk Myra Eldridge told state officials “it is not too late” to extend the deadline for receipt of mailed ballots. She implored the Indiana Election Commission to act.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s application to the U.S. Department of Education provides a look at how he will spend federal education money that was set aside for state leaders to distribute how they choose.
With the next school year rapidly approaching, the state’s largest district is planning for the challenges it must tackle for staff and students to return safely for in-person instruction.
How the virus is transmitted might be more important in restaurants than in many other venues because people linger there far longer.
The new measure gives business owners 24 weeks to spend the federal aid—instead of eight as originally designed—and extends the program through the end of the year while also lengthening the the maturity date and deferral period of the loans.
Democrats are accusing the Trump administration for failing to protect front-line workers, including those at meatpacking plants and health care facilities where outbreaks of the disease are spiking.
