public health

Some states’ wait-and-see approach worry public health expert as bird flu inches closer to humans.

The Marion County Health Department reported the first two probable cases of monkeypox. Public health experts say the risk of transmission is still very low but people need to be aware of how the virus spreads.

The seed money will go toward a new network focused on community public health research in Indiana. The network will include community and health groups and focus on research that will benefit people across the state.

Indiana will likely need tens to hundreds of millions of dollars more in public health funding just to match the national average.

Indiana Department of Corrections

Gov. Eric Holcomb said health is Indiana’s “Achilles’ heel” – and he’s creating a Public Health Commission to try to improve it. The commission will spend…

Gov. Eric Holcomb sued the Indiana General Assembly Tuesday over legislation that would give lawmakers more authority to intervene during a public…

Neither the governor nor local officials could ever restrict worship services during a public emergency under a bill approved by a House panel…

Local health officials could no longer impose restrictions that go further than the state’s during a public health emergency under legislation approved by…

An Indiana lawmaker wants to ban state and local governments from ever again imposing many of the COVID-19 restrictions in place over the last year.Rep.…