The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the experimental drug for people 12 and older with mild or moderate symptoms not requiring hospitalization.
The virus already has cost the region hundreds of millions of dollars, tens of thousands of jobs and more than 1,800 lives. Those losses are all but certain to grow as the calendar turns to 2021, amid an international effort to roll out an effective vaccine.
Jones headed the Indianapolis Urban league from 1966 to 2002, devoting himself to such issues as housing, health care, education and improving police and community relations
Thompson serves as chairman and CEO of four Indianapolis companies, including First Electric Supply Co. and Thompson Distribution Co. But over the years, he has built an equally impressive resume for volunteer service and philanthropy.
My engagement in and with Indianapolis the last 40 years as a lawyer and judge of the federal district court has allowed me to both observe and participate in the life of our city.
The path out of poverty includes moments of financial insecurity for so many. States like Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts and New Mexico are already making great strides to support families in these situations.
Building more sidewalks, closing Monument Circle to traffic, and creating tiny-house villages are among the ideas readers submitted to improve Indianapolis.
Community health workers build individual and community capacity by increasing self-sufficiency and health knowledge through activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy.
Making mental health treatment a community priority, planting gardens at libraries and publicizing community health stats are ideas readers suggested for improving health in central Indiana.
Rather than “smart city” being used as a buzzword to generate grant dollars by businesses that need to win city contracts, what if the concept actually delivered on the promise of improving lives?
The bill, approved late Monday by the U.S. House and Senate, will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Much-needed doses are set to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health.
The Food and Drug Administration was evaluating a shot developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health and was expected to give it the green light soon, clearing the way for its use to begin as early as Monday.
The suit alleges the governor’s executive order is unconstitutional and caused “unjust injury to [the restaurant’s] fundamental civil rights, liberty interests and property rights.”
Once FDA’s emergency use authorization is granted, Moderna will begin shipping millions of doses, earmarked for health workers and nursing home residents, to boost the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history.
The pending bill is the first significant legislative response to the pandemic since the landmark CARES Act passed virtually unanimously in March, delivering $1.8 trillion in aid.
