COVID-19

Vaccinations rates are rising slowly in seven-county district

Henderson is the latest school system to go optional

County's positivity rate has dropped to about 17%

Infections continue to trend lower

Masks are now optional in EVSC buildings, still required on school buses

Infections and hospitalizations were down

The numbers are trending lower

Local boosters top 47,000 as calls increase to redefine "fully vaccinated"

Not a single scientific or health authority in the U.S. recommends the use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19. Still, some Americans see the unproven drug as a way out of the pandemic.

Two new COVID 19-related deaths and hundreds of new infections are reported in southwest Indiana. The Indiana Department of Health added one new fatality…