COVID Cases Slowly Rising As Vaccination Rate Slows
Statewide, COVID-19 cases are slowly increasing as vaccination rates decrease.
Read MoreStatewide, COVID-19 cases are slowly increasing as vaccination rates decrease.
Read MoreThe Centers for Disease Control has revised its guidelines on the use of masks as the number of COVID-19 cases begins to rise again.
Read MoreIndiana Sen. Mike Braun, anticipating new guidelines by the CDC on the use of masks, claimed mandates issued in the past did not work.
Read MoreCOVID-19 cases are down substantially, but Kosciusko County Health Officer Dr. William Remington cautioned that emerging variants will continue.
Read MoreWarsaw Community Schools’ Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert has offered insights to state and federal health officials on how the school district approached the COVID-19 pandemic and remained open.
Read MoreThe U.S. birth rate fell 4% in 2020, the biggest single-year decrease in nearly five decades, according to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Read MoreStaff Report Tribune-Star A federal inmate in Terre Haute has died of COVID-19 after testing positive just four days after being transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution. Joseph Lee Fultz, 52, died Sunday, Feb. 14, after being found unresponsive in his cell. His death is the sixth reported … Read More
On Saturday, August 1, 2020, at 9 a.m., Northeast Indiana Base Community Council (NIBCC) will host its 6th Annual Race for the Warrior 5k/10k run/walk/roll runway race at the Fort Wayne International Airport.
Read MorePurdue University Fort Wayne is sharing its plans to resume in-person instruction in the fall.
Read MoreMILFORD — On Monday, March 23, Milford Town Council entered into what President Doug Ruch called “uncharted waters” with an emergency session held by conference call to vote on measures responding to state Gov. Eric Holcomb’s stay-at-home order issued earlier the same day. The council voted to stop … Read More
WARSAW — The Indiana State Department of Health is closely monitoring an outbreak of the 2019 novel (new) coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. This new respiratory virus was first identified in the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei Province and continues to infect people in China and around the world, … Read More
NORTH WEBSTER — The North Webster Community Center hosted “Opioid Crisis: A Community Call to Action,” Thursday, Feb. 22, the second in a series of six public gatherings held around Kosciusko County to bring greater community awareness to the opioid epidemic. Thursday’s meeting focused on the epidemic’s effects … Read More
TERESA REED, RN Communicable Disease Nurse, Kosciusko County Health Department WARSAW — “The Kosciusko County Health Department encourages pregnant women, and those women who may soon become pregnant to avoid travel to areas with transmission of the Zika virus. The CDC has interim guidelines about the male partners … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS — State health officials have confirmed the first case of Zika virus in Indiana.
Read More[weaver_youtube gnV_TyslqDE rel=0] Video Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ATLANTA, GA. — The news in this year’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on sexually transmitted diseases is not good. The number of cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea in the United States increased between 2013 and 2014, … Read More
The recent upsurge in measles cases, with 85 so far reported in seven states, may not be an issue for Indiana. According to Ross Silverman, a professor of health policy and management at IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana has stricter vaccination requirements for children … Read More