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As the winter holidays approach, Arthur Schroeder, Interim Chief Medical Officer for St. Joseph Health System, encouraged taking every precaution necessary to stay healthy.
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What is a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine? Epidemiologists in Indiana recommend Hoosiers get bivalent COVID-19 vaccines before winter.
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Flu season is approaching, and state health officials are hoping four million residents get a vaccine — along with an updated COVID booster.
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Hoosiers can now find COVID-19 vaccine sites with the new booster on the state’s online map, found at OurShot.IN.gov.
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The latest booster includes both the original strain of the virus and two of the most recent strains, currently responsible for the majority of U.S. infections.
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Things are different from when the first wave of the original vaccine and its boosters came through. There won’t be an all-out push from public health agencies to get people vaccinated through mass vaccination clinics. And shots are still free for now, but that could change early next year.
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As the federal government begins the process of authorizing more COVID-19 vaccine boosters, local health care organizations are making preparations to get those shots out to Hoosiers.
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The state reported almost 20,000 COVID cases last week. The CDC says that 10 of Michigan’s 83 counties still have a high transmission rate and should wear masks indoors.
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The Indiana Department of Health announced Friday Hoosiers 5 to 11 years old may now receive a COVID-19 booster shot.
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Indiana health officials announced Wednesday that providers can begin to administer second boosters to Hoosiers aged 50 and older and certain immunocompromised people 12 and older.