Public health officials try to address hesitancy as vaccine demand wanes
More than 2.4 million Hoosiers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, but that’s only 35% of the state’s population.
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More than 2.4 million Hoosiers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, but that’s only 35% of the state’s population.
E-Mail Every year, nearly 2.5 million U.S. high school athletes participate in contact sports. Each of these athletes sustains an average of 650 subconcussive head impacts in a single season, hits that can negatively affect brain health. A $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help researchers at Indiana University determine whether, and to what extent, repetitive subconcussive head impacts -- impacts that do not trigger clinically detectable signs and symptoms of concussion -- negatively affect brain health in adolescents. If applied repeatedly, subconcussive impac...
December 14, 2020 Researchers from the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington will lead a nationwide study on COVID-19 infection and reinfection, and the potential for long-term immunity. Photo by James Brosher, Indiana University Backed by a philanthropic investment of $12.5 million from Jack Dorsey’s #StartSmall Initiative and the Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation, the Aegis Study will run through 2021 and will include 2,100 participants from multiple U.S. locations, likely including Chicago, New York, Bloomington and Indianapolis. “Indiana University is extremely gr...