coronavirus

The Indiana National Guard Armory, located at 3880 S. Walnut St., is conducting COVID-19 testing. IU researchers are conducting an antibody test study where the researchers want to determine if the timeliness of these test results affect any behaviors adopted to limit the spread of COVID-19.

New IU research studies COVID-19 and behavioral change following test results

Oct 22, 2020 8:27 pm

Participants received a finger prick blood test to test for COVID-19 antibodies.

Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks during a press conference with Dr. Lindsay Weaver on Wednesday online. Weaver, chief medical officer for Indiana’s department of health, outlined the state’s five-step plan to address the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities at Holcomb’s press conference Wednesday afternoon.

Indiana to send PPE, staff to long-term care facilities

Oct 21, 2020 10:49 pm

These facilities have accounted for 2,205 COVID-19 deaths.

Kilroy's on Kirkwood has sold out of tickets for its reopening Saturday during IU's football game against No. 8 Penn State. This comes as Indiana has reached all-time highs in coronavirus cases.

Kilroy's on Kirkwood to open this weekend while COVID-19 cases spike in Indiana

Oct 21, 2020 10:19 pm

Kilroy's on Kirkwood is reopening for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

Two Bloomington Transit buses wait to pick up students Oct. 15, 2019, on East Seventh Street. A Bloomington transit bus driver tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.

Bloomington bus driver tests positive for COVID-19

Oct 21, 2020 9:40 pm

The driver adhered to CDC guidelines and did not have close contact with passengers.

A screenshot shows Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU's director of mitigation testing, speaks during his weekly webinar Wednesday. IU announced Wednesday its own COVID-19 testing labs are in the final stages of fully opening, which would greatly increase mitigation testing on campus.

IU’s on-campus COVID-19 testing labs to fully open, greatly increase daily testing

Oct 21, 2020 4:47 pm

IU plans for 5,000 tests per day across all campuses.

Jeanie VanMeter, Kappa Alpha Theta's house director, left, and Isabel Perry, Kappa Kappa Gamma's house director alongside her dog Gizzy, right, stand for separate headshots in front of their respective houses. Sorority house directors lived alongside the residents who stayed in the houses during the quarantines.

Quarantined with dozens of sorority members, here’s what life was like for IU’s live-in house directors

Oct 16, 2020 12:52 pm

More than 30 IU greek houses were on quarantine at one time during September.

Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks Wednesday during a press conference. Holcomb announced Indiana will remain at Stage 5 of his Back on Track COVID-19 plan.

Indiana to stay in stage 5 despite surge in cases

Oct 14, 2020 10:27 pm

Dr. Kristina Box, Indiana’s state health director, announced she had tested positive for COVID-19.

Eli Lilly announced Tuesday it would be pausing its COVID-19 vaccine trial, ACTIV-3, until further notice.

Eli Lilly pauses one active COVID-19 clinical trial until further notice

Oct 14, 2020 8:55 pm

The company gave no indication of when the trial will continue.

Bivianna Torres prepares tamales Sept. 26 in the parking lot of Bloomingfoods East. Torres said she has had to make difficult adjustments due to the coronavirus pandemic, including laying off employees and selling more tamales frozen, but hopes business will get better in the next year.

‘The secret is love’: Bivi’s Tamales struggles but stays afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic

Oct 12, 2020 4:44 pm

The owner said it was painful to lay off her employees.

Monroe County eclipses 3,000 total COVID-19 cases

Oct 12, 2020 12:07 pm

Total positive COVID-19 tests per day are rising across Indiana.

The Indiana National Guard Armory, located on 3880 S. Walnut St. in Bloomington, is conducting COVID-19 testing. There are no prerequisites needed for testing.

Bloomington residents look forward to 'gold standard' swabs available at new COVID-19 testing site

Oct 11, 2020 3:12 pm

The new testing site is set to open later this month.

Voters wait in line to vote Tuesday at Election Central at 401 W. Seventh St. Voters said wait times were roughly an hour despite the long line on the first day of early voting in Indiana.

Monroe County provides protections for poll workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Oct 9, 2020 10:13 am

Workers have access to masks, hand sanitizer, disinfectant and more.

The Monroe County Health Board approved an appeals process for greek houses to allow more than the regulated 75% capacity. The board met virtually Tuesday night.

Monroe County passes appeal process to allow over 75% capacity in greek houses

Oct 8, 2020 11:22 pm

It’s unlikely any house’s appeal will actually be accepted.

Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU’s director of mitigation testing, speaks Wednesday during an online webinar. Carrol discussed plans for on-departure and on-arrival testing during the webinar.

Aaron Carroll plans for on-departure, on-arrival COVID-19 testing

Oct 7, 2020 9:42 pm

Aaron Carroll hosts a weekly student Q&A webinar every Wednesday.

The enterance to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall is seen Wednesday. IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said Wednesday that IU will use Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall as its location for required flu shot clinics.

IU to use Assembly Hall for flu shot clinic

Oct 7, 2020 8:26 pm

The school has announced three days the on-campus clinic will be open.

Bloomington Police Department employee tests positive for COVID-19

Oct 7, 2020 1:54 pm

The employee, who is not a patrol officer, tested positive on Tuesday.

IU Luddy Shoemaker Innovation Center adapts to COVID-19 pandemic

Oct 6, 2020 7:26 pm

Executive director Travis Brown said he hoped for business as usual.

Coronavirus "may be able to infect people who are further than 6 feet away from the person who is infected or after that person has left the space," the CDC said Monday.

CDC says coronavirus can spread through tiny airborne particles after all

Oct 6, 2020 5:50 pm

The CDC added a warning against frequenting crowded, poorly ventilated indoor spaces.

Andrew Butters is an assistant professor in the Department of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Kelley School of Business. A matrix created by a professor at New York University aims to show which colleges will survive the pandemic and which will struggle.

Will IU Bloomington financially survive the pandemic? A formula says it will.

Oct 4, 2020 8:10 pm

Two IU professors comment on how IU will respond to the COVID-19 recession.

A sign that reads "Do Not Enter" is seen Sep. 10 taped to a barricade outside of Ashton Center. The IU quarantine housing at Ashton is under scrutiny for not having a strict enough protocol regarding residents entering and exiting the building.

'I could have just walked out': Students quarantining at Ashton say there's little supervision

Oct 4, 2020 4:54 pm

An IU student said no one checked to see if he was staying in his room.