by: MATTHEW DALY Associated Press
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Jan 1, 2021 / 10:42 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) Congress on Friday overrode President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago, ensuring that the measure becomes law.
In an extraordinary New Year’s Day session, the Republican-controlled Senate easily turned aside the veto, dismissing Trump’s objections to the $740 billion bill and handing him a stinging rebuke just weeks before he leaves the White House.
Trump lashed out on Twitter, saying the Senate missed an opportunity to eliminate protections for social media platforms that he said give “unlimited power to Big Tech companies. Pathetic!!!”
Dec 31, 2020 / 11:54 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The Indiana State Department of Health has issued new COVID-19 information for our state.
ISDH says 6,543 more Hoosiers have tested positive for COVID-19. Those tests were recorded between Dec. 23 and Dec. 30. Of those, 6,529 were recorded on Dec. 30.
A total of 511,485 Hoosiers have tested positive for COVID-19.
ISDH says 99 more Hoosiers have died from COVID-19. The deaths occurred between Dec. 11 and Dec. 30. ISDH says 28 of those occurred on Dec. 30.
A total of 7,911 Hoosiers have died from COVID-19. Another 352 “probable” deaths have occurred, but a positive test is not on record.
The 7-day positivity rate for unique individuals stands at 23.7%. The 7-day positivity rate for all tests is 14.1%.
Dec 30, 2020 / 06:51 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Local nonprofit PATTERN is expanding its work to keep front-line workers safe by sewing personal protective surgical gowns.
When the pandemic started, access to personal protective equipment was a bit of a challenge particularly for those in the medical field. So, Indianapolis’ creative community stepped up to help.
What started out as a relatively small order has blossomed into something huge.
The sound vibrations from a sewing machine are reminders of the work that Danisha Dlang and other sewing operators are doing to keep Indy’s front-line workers safe. The sewing room at Stichworks is one of the places used to churn out hundreds of surgical gowns. They are essential items that have at times been hard to come by.
by: Dr. Mary Gillis, D.Ed.
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Dec 29, 2020 / 09:55 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – An aspirin a day may help to reduce coronavirus complications. That’s according to researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
News 8 spoke with Dr. Elaine Hanh Le, chief medical officer at Healthline, about the benefits of the over-the-counter drug for those with severe coronavirus.
The published study, Le says, compared coronavirus infected patients who took aspirin for medical reasons versus those who did not. Results showed the group taking aspirin were less likely to be on a mechanical ventilator, admitted to the ICU and die compared to those not taking it.
Pandemic forces older workers to retire early
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2020 Pedestrians cross a street in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Dec. 17, 2020. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 17 million on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering CSSE at Johns Hopkins University. U.S. COVID-19 case count rose to 17,000,408, with a total of 307,770 deaths, as of 10:27 a.m. local time 1527 GMT, according to the CSSE tally. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Liu Jie/Ting Shen via Getty Images)
by: Anneken Tappe, CNN Business
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Dec 23, 2020 / 03:32 PM EST
(CNN) America has gone from having the strongest job market in decades to the very opposite during the pandemic. For older workers who have lost their jobs this year, the state of the labor market makes it harder to get rehired as the economy recovers, forcing many Americans to retire early.