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Government: Vaccine rule should remain while cases play out
The Biden administration framed its vaccine mandate for larger private employers in life-and-death terms Monday in a legal filing that sought to get the requirement back on track after it was halted by a federal court.
Nearing Monday vaccine deadline, thousands of federal workers seek exemptions
Tens of thousands of holdouts have requested exemptions on religious grounds, complicating President Joe Biden’s sweeping mandate to get the country’s largest employer back to normal operations.
Indiana reports 37 new COVID-19 deaths, uptick in cases
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 decreased from 1,312 on Wednesday to 1,269 on Thursday.
Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by nearly 90%
Shares of Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., which makes an antibody treatment for COVID-19 that requires infusions, were down 2.7% in late-morning trading Friday, to $263.76 each.
GOP state officials push back on employer vaccine mandate
Republican governors or attorneys general in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and South Dakota said Thursday they would file lawsuits against the mandate.
Indiana to file lawsuits challenging federal vaccine mandates
Pushback from Indiana’s Republican-led government came just hours after the Democratic administration of President Joe Biden finalized rules for federal vaccine mandates that are set to be enforced starting Jan. 4.
Indiana’s COVID death toll rises by 22
The Indiana State Department of Health on Thursday reported 2,065 more cases of COVID-19, up from 2,024 cases the previous day.
U.S. mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb issued a statement Thursday, saying he would challenge the federal order.
Indiana reports 53 more COVID-19 deaths, rise in hospitalizations
The Indiana State Department of Health said 59.6% of Indiana residents 18 and older are now fully vaccinated.
U.S. gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for children 5-11
The decision marks the first opportunity for Americans under 12 to get the protection of any COVID-19 vaccine.
Indiana reports 47 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,440 new cases
More than 3.37 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday after a daily increase of almost 1,700.
Feds buy another $1.29B worth of Lilly antibody treatment for COVID-19
The purchase will amount to 614,000 doses of two drugs, bamlanivimab and etesevimab, that make up the drug-cocktail infusion, Lilly said.
COVID vaccine for children 5-11 already being packed, shipped
Anticipating a green light from vaccine advisers, the Biden administration is assembling and shipping millions of COVID-19 shots for children ages 5-11, the White House said Monday. The first could go into arms by midweek.
Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 5M; state sees 50 more deaths
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 ticked up from 1,284 on Saturday to 1,297 on Sunday. Saturday’s number was the lowest since Aug. 8.
Moderna: FDA delaying decision on its shot for adolescents
U.S. regulators are delaying their decision on Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds while they study the rare risk of heart inflammation, the company said Sunday.
COVID-19 breakthrough cases accounting for small percentage of Hoosier cases
Breakthrough cases of COVID-19—when a fully vaccinated person tests positive for the virus—make up a low ratio of COVID cases in Indiana, but they aren’t extremely rare.
Indiana expects 200,000 COVID vaccines for children next week
Indiana officials said Wednesday that the state should be able to immediately inoculate a third of children ages 5 to 11 if the federal government gives approval to vaccines for that age group.
Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early COVID-19
Researchers tested the pill used for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder because it was known to reduce inflammation and looked promising in smaller studies.
Indiana’s death toll from COVID-19 passes 16,000 after 57 more deaths
The cumulative total of deaths during the pandemic officially rose to 16,022, the department said Tuesday. Another 545 probable deaths due to COVID also have been reported.