Indianapolis Health News

State health officials confirmed Wednesday that the peak of H1N1 activity has passed and also unveiled a strategy to target college-age Hoosiers for the vaccine in an effort to avoid a third wave of the flu. State Health Commissioner Judy...

Studies have recently shown that H1N1 flu virus can be naturally prevented, if you take the right supplements in order to strengthen your immune system. Statistics from past years show that many children who have died from the flu were...

The top research executive at Eli Lilly and Co. will retire in February, the Indianapolis drugmaker announced today, and will be succeeded by the top researcher at European competitor AstraZeneca. Dr. Steven M. Paul, a psychiatrist who has overseen thousands...

30 p.m. today – emergency medical workers are welcome What: H1N1 injection vaccine Who: Pregnant women; ages 6 months to 18 years; caregivers of infants younger than 6 months; ages 25 to 64 with chronic health conditions Most Hoosiers might...

Indiana health officials reported a recent drop in the number of people hospitalized with flu symptoms, but warned Thursday that the decrease does not necessarily mean the swine flu pandemic is waning. Fewer hospitals reported seeing elevated levels of flu-like...

Hospitals would get 5 percent less money from the state for caring for Medicaid patients under cuts announced today by the state. Gov. Mitch Daniels last week called for emergency budget cuts as the state's revenue continues to fall short...

Six more Indiana swine flu deaths were reported last week, even as the number of people hospitalized with flu symptoms continued to drop. Six confirmed H1N1 deaths were reported in the week that ended Saturday, bringing the total number of...

If Americans continue to pack on pounds, obesity will cost the USA about $344 billion in medical-related expenses by 2018, eating up about 21% of health-care spending, says the first analysis to estimate the future medical costs of excess weight....

FM (96.3) radio personality JJ, who will be mistress of ceremonies. Sponsors include the Indiana State Department of Health, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and the Indiana Minority Health Coalition. The program is free and open to the...