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Two new studies offer further evidence that Medicaid, the public health insurance program for low income and disable people, saves lives.

Federal lawmakers are considering adding Medicaid work requirements, which means people would have to prove they work, volunteer, or go to school in order to receive health insurance.

In 2023, the percentage of babies being admitted to the NICU in Indiana was 11.4 percent.

Across the U.S., some people with mental illness wait months in jail for court-ordered competency evaluations, with little to no mental health care. One Indiana man’s case reveals how delays prolong suffering — and expose a system unequipped to help.

One in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours, according to an Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis.

Sickle cell experts say the future of a critical data collection program is in flux after staff at the CDC’s Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics were placed on administrative leave without a clear future plan.

The Trump Administration’s funding cancellations could dissolve a large nationwide study that’s been ongoing for 30 years on diabetes and pre-diabetes.

Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's treatment is approved for use in the U.S. but the European Medicines Agency recommended against the approval of the drug on Thursday.

Indianapolis Zoo and Eli Lilly are part of a push to move medical industry away from using horseshoe crab blood and toward synthetic genetically engineered alternatives.

Black and Latino people are two and one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's compared to white people.