Indiana department of health

The Labor of Love Summit was attended by hundreds of physicians, nurses, caregivers and public health officials.

“Voices for Life,” which is suing the Indiana Department Health, expanded on its legal argument in new court documents.

Ticks carry diseases by biting infected hosts like deer, mice or rabbits. So just because you got a tick bite doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll get an illness.

The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) confirmed its first two flu deaths Thursday and is urging Hoosiers to get vaccinated.

Health officials in the U.S. look to Australia’s flu season to predict the strain that will be most common here. Epidemiologists say flu shots are really effective against this year’s strain, but only if people get their vaccine.

Nobody in the U.S. has died from monkeypox, but officials say preparing the state’s health infrastructure will be key to keeping it that way.

In a press release, the Marion County Health Department said the risk of transmission among the general U.S. population is still very low.

Four counties – Benton, Fulton, Pike and Union – reported no deaths. And nearly half the state reported five or fewer deaths. Only Marion County reported more than 100 deaths.

Indiana’s public health commission is considering ways to overhaul the state’s funding model, which is riddled with problems and leaves many Hoosiers without crucial preventive interventions.

Indiana opens vaccine registration for 5- to 11-year-olds. Pediatricians work to dispel COVID-19 vaccine myths. And the state sues the federal government over workplace vaccine rules.