Community Leaders Reject Invitation From IU Health to Discuss Death of Moore Alicia Sanders and Rashad Elby/GoFundMe Leaders local of civil rights advocacy groups declined an invitation from IU Health officials to discuss the death of Dr. Susan Moore and racial disparities in health care. Moore died in December from COVID-19 complications. In a viral Facebook video, she claimed there was racial bias in the care she received at IU Health North Hospital. The hospital created an external review committee, which found the medical care Moore received did not contribute to her death, but not all the providers practiced cultural competence and some providers did not have awareness of implicit racial bias while caring for Moore.
Coronavirus: Indiana Exceeds Tax Collection Expectations, To End OptumServe Testing Sites
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The Indiana Department of Health reported 73 additional confirmed deaths over the last week. That brings the state’s total to 13,136 confirmed deaths. The state also reported more than 4,700 new cases in the last week.
Indiana has administered 2,588,849 initial vaccine doses, with 2,424,633 Hoosiers fully vaccinated.
Here are your statewide COVID-19 headlines from last week.
Indiana will opt out of federal unemployment benefit programs, effective in mid-June as Gov. Eric Holcomb follows other states in an attempt to push people back into the workforce.
Starting June 19, Indiana will no longer pay an extra $300 in federal benefits each week for all unemployment claims. It will also completely end benefit programs for people who are self-employed or gig workers that roughly 70,000 Hoosiers are accessing.