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Indiana has expanded lead testing and assistance for children found with elevated lead levels.

The Wayne County Board of Health voted to recommend county schools follow new state COVID-19 guidelines and regulations.

Franklin County, Indiana, with one of Greater Cincinnati's lowest vaccination rates, is struggling with resignations and chaos in its health department

Reid Health and a prevention grant from the Indiana State Department of Health fund the program. Stinson said no county money is used. The syringe program maintains regular hours of noon-2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the health department, 100 S. Fifth St. It also has utilized the department's new mobile unit 3-5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Phillips Drugs location at 1390 National Road W. and 3-5 p.m. Thursdays at the Phillips Drugs at 1626 E. Main St. The number of used needles the program collects exceeds the number of clean needles it distributes, Stinson said, but the program extends beyond ...

"I'm disheartened by where we're at," said Dr. David Jetmore, the county's health officer, during the monthly Board of Health meeting. "I didn't think we'd end up where we are." Through Wednesday, 21,768 Wayne County residents — one-third of the county's population — are fully vaccinated. Another 1,572 residents have received their first dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, so about 35% of the county's population has received some vaccine. Even as vaccination eligibility has expanded to age 12, the number of vaccine doses administered to Wayne County residents each week has trended down. ...