The Indiana Department of Health has awarded nearly $8.5 million in grants to organizations working to improve Hoosiers’ health as part of the Health Issues and Challenges program, which was established by the Indiana General Assembly in 2021 with funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Read MoreThe Birthplace at Goshen Hospital has been awarded with the 2022 INspire Hospital of Distinction for exhibiting excellence in the best practices for safe sleep, breastfeeding, tobacco prevention and cessation, perinatal substance use, obstetric hemorrhage and maternal hypertension.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Health is encouraging all parents to have their children younger than age 6 tested for lead exposure as part of legislation taking effect Jan. 1.
Read MoreParkview Whitley Hospital has been recognized by the Indiana Hospital Association – in partnership with Governor Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Kris Box, MD, FACOG – for its commitment to infant and maternal health.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Health has awarded nearly $10 million to four community organizations, including Goodwill Industries of Michiana, to expand Nurse-Family Partnership programming across the state, helping to provide care and support for pregnant individuals and first-time mothers to promote healthy pregnancies and give children a successful start in life.
Read MoreIndiana health and hospital officials are encouraging eligible Hoosiers to get vaccinated against influenza as soon as possible, as high levels of transmission are significantly impacting hospitals across the state.
Read MoreNews Release WARSAW — Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital was recognized Thursday, Dec. 8, by the Indiana Hospital Association, in partnership with Governor Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Kris Box, M.D., FACOG, for their commitment to infant and maternal health at the third annual INspire Hospital of Distinction … Read More
News Release INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana health officials are encouraging Hoosiers to get vaccinated against influenza after confirming the first flu-related death of the 2022-23 flu season. No additional information about the patient will be released due to privacy laws. Each year, hundreds of Hoosiers become sick from influenza, … Read More
The Indiana Department of Health has partnered with the Milk Bank to host milk drives to provide donor milk to Hoosiers babies.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Health announced today that a total of 45 monkeypox cases have been reported across the state between June 18 and July 28, including two pediatric cases.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Health has partnered with local health departments and other healthcare entities across the state to host back-to-school immunization clinics this summer as part of a statewide public awareness campaign to help families easily access required and recommended school immunizations prior to the start of the 2022-23 school year.
Read MoreThe Governor’s Public Health Commission will meet Thursday, June 30, to discuss the initial draft report and proposed recommendations stemming from its work prior to submission of a final report later this summer.
Read MoreState health officials announced Saturday, June 18, that the first probable case of monkeypox in Indiana in 2022 has been identified.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Health is notifying nearly 750,000 Hoosiers that data from the state’s COVID-19 online contact tracing survey was improperly accessed.
Read MoreState health officials are urging Indiana residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites following reports of a probable cause of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a LaPorte County resident and the detection of the virus in horses in northern Indiana.
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