The FDA has long targeted menthol cigarettes for a regulatory crackdown amid warnings from doctors and other public health experts that the products are easier to start smoking, harder to quit and cause outsize harm to African Americans.
Last week, Johnson & Johnson halted its European roll-out of the vaccine after U.S. officials recommended a pause in the vaccine, when they detected six very rare blood clot cases among nearly 7 million people who had been vaccinated.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose from 875 on Sunday to 891 on Monday.
The Indiana Hospitality & Entertainment Grant program is intended to help those businesses “largely excluded from other government assistance programs,” the state said.
Even though nearly 1.6 million Hoosiers are fully vaccinated, large risks remain as variants of the virus have begun to emerge.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Monday reported 770 new COVID-19 cases, only the second time in 13 days that cases have fallen below 1,000 in the daily report. Case counts on Mondays, which rely on Sunday reporting, are often lower than the rest of the week. The seven-day moving average of positive cases […]
With medical visits picking up again among patients vaccinated against COVID-19, health providers are starting to see the consequences of a year of pandemic-delayed preventive and emergency care.
Faster-spreading variants of COVID-19 are sending more younger people to the hospital. Fatalities remain low, but doctors say the virus is now making the young sicker, some gravely.
The state said more than 1.56 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sunday. More than 2.16 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
The seven-day moving average of positive COVID-19 cases in Indiana rose to 1,344, the highest mark since Feb. 12.
The state said more than 1.52 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday. More than 2.1 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
The state said more than 1.49 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Thursday. Almost 2.1 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
Newly vaccinated and armed with $1,400 stimulus checks, Americans went on a spending spree last month, buying new clothes and going out to eat again.
The Labor Department said Thursday that applications plummeted by 193,000, from a revised 769,000 a week earlier.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 1,233 new COVID-19 cases, the seventh time in nine days that new reported cases have topped 1,000.
While most Americans have weathered the pandemic financially, about 38 million say they are worse off now than before the outbreak began in the United States.
The state said more than 1.43 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday. More than 2 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
Dr. Lindsay Weaver, chief medical officer for the state health department, said it was too early to say how long the pause would last, and whether it would cause a shortage or disruption in vaccines across Indiana.
U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should—or legally can—require it.
The state said more than 1.41 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Monday. More than 1.97 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
