CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel
The CDC issued the recommendations just one week before Thanksgiving, at a time when diagnosed infections, hospitalizations and deaths are skyrocketing across the country.
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Tyson suspends Iowa plant managers amid virus betting claim
Tyson Foods suspended top officials at its largest pork plant on Thursday and launched an investigation into allegations that they bet on how many workers would get infected during a widespread coronavirus outbreak.
Mnuchin rejects renewal of some Fed emergency loan programs
The central bank said it “would prefer that the full suite of emergency facilities established during the coronavirus pandemic continue to serve their important role as a backstop for our still-strained and vulnerable economy.”
Lilly arthritis drug gets FDA emergency use authorization for COVID-19 patients
The Indianapolis drugmaker said Thursday evening it was awarded an emergency use authorization for its drug baricitinib to be used in combination with Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir in severely ill, hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
GM: New batteries cut electric car costs, increase range
General Motors says a pending breakthrough in battery chemistry will cut the price of its electric vehicles so they equal those powered by gasoline within five years.
Indiana panel passes energy report some say could lead to coal bailout
The 21st Century Energy Policy Development Task Force, which was set up to guide lawmakers in crafting a long-term energy plan, voted 11-4 on a series of findings and non-binding recommendations.
Holcomb names Notre Dame director as state’s first chief equity officer
Karrah Herring has worked at the University of Notre Dame since 2011 and has been the director of public affairs since 2018. She also served on the university’s human resource’s senior leadership team as director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX coordinator.
Oxford scientists expect COVID-19 vaccine data by Christmas
Phase III trials are now accumulating the data needed to report results as a renewed surge of the pandemic hits countries around the world.
BoomBozz pizzeria closes in Fishers, making room for liquor store
BoomBozz Craft Pizza & Taphouse has called quits after four years in Fishers. A liquor store chain has acquired the building and is planning to open there in January.
Slippery Noodle Inn owner Hal Yeagy Jr. dies
Yeagy had owned the establishment since 1985, building it into a renowned spot for live blues music.
Indiana reports 7,420 new COVID-19 cases, another rise in hospitalizations
The state reported 59 new COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, raising the cumulative total during the pandemic to 4,889. Newly reported deaths have reached or topped 25 in Indiana in 23 of the past 24 days.
Holcomb appoints state’s first education secretary
Katie Jenner, who is an adviser to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, formerly served as a vice president at Ivy Tech Community College.
Mazda No. 1 in Consumer Reports 2020 auto reliability survey
Mazda took top honors for the first time in the survey, which this year included Consumer Reports organization members who own more than 300,000 vehicles from model years 2000 to 2020.
U.S. unemployment claims rise for first time in five weeks
Initial jobless claims also ticked up in Indiana. Analysts say the worsening pandemic and the arrival of cold weather could accelerate layoffs in the weeks ahead.
Central Indiana homebuilders see biggest October since 2005
Area homebuilders have made 7,181 single-family building permit filings through the first 10 months of 2020. That’s already more than they’ve filed in any full year since 2007.
Study: Walmart, McDonald’s have most workers on food stamps, Medicaid
A sizable number of the recipients of federal aid programs such as Medicaid and food stamps are employed by some of the biggest and more profitable companies in the United States.
Indiana health officials brace for continued COVID-19 surge, while hospitals scramble for staff
Hospitals and nursing homes are searching high and low for doctors, nurses, therapists and support staff to relieve overworked teams, but it is difficult to find people, as all the health systems are looking at the same time.
Dolly Parton helped fund development of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
The country superstar’s friendship with a Vanderbilt University professor of surgery led to her $1 million donation to coronavirus research and the successful vaccine.
Groups say energy recommendations could slow Indiana’s transition away from coal
A state energy task force is considering a sweeping array of measures that seem to favor existing large-scale utilities, many of which still burn coal, over providers of renewable energy.
WISH-TV owner to launch national news network from Indianapolis
Multicultural News Network will launch in the second half of 2021, and founder DuJuan McCoy said 150 people will be hired to work out of WISH-TV’s Indianapolis headquarters to make it happen.