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Vaccines are the best line of defense against COVID-19 and the flu. But there are additional steps that can keep people stay healthy.

This year's winter holiday season comes as cases of flu, COVID-19 and RSV are straining hospitals. During the week ending Dec. 10, at least 45 more Hoosiers died from flu-related deaths this year -- compared to the same time last year.

Today we catch up on news surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, then talk to a group of health experts about the omicron variant, testing shortages, updated CDC guidance and more.

playpausemuteunmute Mask Mandate Ends/Indiana's Rape Statute April 05, 2021 The statewide mask mandate is over on Tuesday. And while it comes during increased vaccine availability, there are still questions about how this might impact COVID-19 cases across Indiana. Today we ask an epidemiologist whether this decision was made too soo We also hear from two state lawmakers who authored a bill that could expand Indiana’s rape statute. And we talk to a local leader and a university student about efforts to change how sexual assault cases are handled on campus. Produced by Micah Yason.

Indiana scrambles to get COVID vaccines into arms FREE NEWSLETTERS Indiana University Health Nurse Rachael Chisom administers a COVID vaccine to hospital employee Cathy Treen at the IU Health Neuroscience Center on West 15th Street. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) The line stretched nearly three dozen people long, around a corner and down the hall at Indiana University Health’s vaccine clinic near Methodist Hospital. To one side, nurses were administering shots every minute or so at six dosing stations. That’s about 1,000 shots each day, seven days a week,...