Health
Make a fresh start with tobacco cessation
BLOOMINGTON – April showers may bring May flowers, but it can also be a great time to make a fresh start for your health goals. Specifically,…
Health Insurance Marketplace calculator helpful to Hoosiers estimating premiums during special enrollment period
UNDATED – The Indiana Department of Insurance wants Hoosiers to know about a helpful tool they may use when taking advantage of the Special Enrollment…
Health Dept. announces choice of vaccines at vaccine clinics
INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosiers seeking free COVID-19 vaccines can receive either the Pfizer or Johnson and Johnson vaccine today through Thursday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway…
CDC recommends pregnant people get COVID-19 vaccine
UNDATED – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that pregnant people get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky…
FDA and CDC lift recommended pause on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine
UNDATED – Following a thorough safety review, including two meetings of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and…
COVID-19 cases increase in seven northern Indiana counties
INDIANAPOLIS — The number of Indiana counties seeing medium to high community spread of COVID-19 has risen from one to seven in a single week,…
Public health bill passage would immediately rescind existing COVID-19 restrictions in Indiana
UNDATED – The Indiana Public Health Association (IPHA) is warning Hoosier cities and counties to prepare for an instantaneous negative impact if Senate Bill 5 (SB…
Indiana legislature fails to address tobacco crisis
INDIANAPOLIS – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is disappointed to see the Indiana legislature adjourning without raising Indiana’s cigarette tax as…
Free COVID-19 Moderna Vaccine Clinic today through Thursday
BEDFORD – The Indiana State Department of Health is offering a free COVID-19 vaccination using the Moderna vaccine this week through Thursday. This is a two-dose…
Health check-up and COVID-19 vaccine best one-two punch to get healthy in wake of the pandemic
INDIANAPOLIS – With some hope on the horizon in the fight against COVID-19, the American Heart Association, the leading voluntary organization devoted to a world…