An interim land use task force set its sights on food insecurity on Tuesday — recommending legislation to make it easier for Hoosiers to qualify for food assistance, fund transportation or delivery for their groceries and more.... Read More
A five-year-old company in Carmel that makes a hand-sanitizing device has filed for bankruptcy reorganization. The business makes a hand-sanitizing device called Iggy that kills pathogens with ozone-infused water instead of soap or other chemicals. ... Read More
The interim Health Care Cost Oversight Task Force unanimously agreed on a final report detailing its recommended legislative proposals for the upcoming session, including a closer look at prior authorization denials and mergers between health care providers.... Read More
The Dean and Barbara Family Foundation has donated $30 million to Mishawaka-based Franciscan Health Foundation in a gift billed as the largest in the Franciscan foundation's history. The donation will create The Dean and Barbara White Cancer Center in Crown Point.... Read More
Over the next two decades, tens of billions of dollars will flow into state coffers nationally from the National Opioid Settlement, a court agreement between companies deemed responsible for the deadly, life-disrupting impact of the addictive drug and the localities bearing the brunt of the devastation. ... Read More
Kinsey Institute faculty, staff and students have sounded the alarm since administrators told them Oct. 27 about plans to break the globally renowned sex research institute apart. ... Read More
The criminal justice system is the primary referrer to substance use disorder treatment and largest provider of mental health care — but the judiciary is doing its part to change that, Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush said Thursday.... Read More
A team of IU researchers wants to find out if virtual health care programs can effectively supplement care for dementia patients and provide support for the loved ones who take care of them.... Read More
The legal fight over Indiana’s new abortion law has reignited in the Monroe Circuit Court, where abortion providers are once again asking for an injunction against the law on Indiana constitutional grounds.... Read More
IU Health is building local programming and infrastructure through $9.63 million of grants heading to 14 organizations.... Read More
Lamb is the executive director of the IU School of Medicine's Stark Neurosciences Research Institute and co-directs the Neurosciences Institute.... Read More
Damar Services plans to hire dozens of employees and add autism services when it takes over the Carmelite Home in East Chicago.... Read More
The Indianapolis-based company said Wednesday that its newest product, a drug for obesity called Zepbound, will be on pharmacy shelves shortly after Thanksgiving. The company is ramping up manufacturing capacity to avoid possible shortages and to meet potentially huge demand in a nation where more than 40% of adults are classified as obese.... Read More
Indianapolis-based life sciences consulting firm Pearl Pathways has been acquired by Milwaukee-based Versiti, a not-for-profit specializing in blood-health services, the parties announced Tuesday.... Read More
The Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent recently achieved the highest designation of trauma care.... Read More
The National Cancer Institute granted the funding to Dr. Mark Kelley and Dr. Melissa Fishel who are studying new therapies for pancreatic cancer. ... Read More
HealthLinc's new CEO will begin at the first of the year and replace Beth Wrobel who is retiring after 22 years of leadership.... Read More
Rural Hoosiers face a number of barriers furthering the accesibility of adequate health care, forcing them to likely drive farther, maneuver around a large-scale provider shortage and use internet services unavailable to them as well as deal with universal issues such as cost and insurance coverage issues. Lack of access can often equate to a lack of care when roadblocks to preventative and primary care are too severe.... Read More
As Indiana hits the halfway point for the Medicaid unwinding process, the rate of Hoosiers losing benefits seems to have slowed as the state reassesses the coverage of millions of beneficiaries following the expiration of pandemic protections.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Foster Success supported more than 1,000 older foster youth throughout the state for the first time, according to its latest impact report. The not-for-profit is also marking the recent launch of its new mental health program.... Read More
