COVID-19

Two years into the pandemic, data shows that the toll on children’s mental health has been profound. Children of frontline health care workers had a front row seat to the pandemic’s scariest moments from day one.

Stories about the stress health care workers on the frontlines have experienced are common. But their families have also been on an emotional rollercoaster for more than two years.

U.S. hospitalization rates more than doubled during the latest omicron wave compared to the prior delta wave, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Black adults were more likely to end up hospitalized than White adults, regardless of their vaccination status.

Indiana surpasses 22,000 dead, as the rate of new deaths slows. Gov. Eric Holcomb signs the General Assembly’s less restrictive COVID-19 vaccine mandate bill. And he ended the state’s public health emergency, which had been in place since March 2020.

Some small towns in the Midwest are growing due to an influx of immigrants, which includes some who speak rare languages. Hospitals and community leaders have had to adapt to make COVID vaccines accessible to those communities.

Indiana’s public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic is officially over after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an executive order Thursday ending the emergency declaration that’s been in place since March 2020.

The Indiana Department of Health announced changes to its COVID-19 dashboard Wednesday.

A Senate committee dramatically scales back the House’s vaccine mandate bill. The Indiana Department of Health releases new school COVID-19 guidance. And COVID-19 data continues to improve.

The Indiana Department of Health updated its quarantine guidance for schools, which goes into effect Wednesday Feb. 23.