The Indiana Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would allow already-issued, long-acting, reversible contraceptives (LARCs) to be reissued to other Medicaid recipients if the device is in its original unopened package and has gone unclaimed by the original Medicaid user for more than 12 weeks.
INDIANAPOLIS—Pharmacists could prescribe women birth control under a bill being reviewed by the Indiana House Public Health Committee.
INDIANAPOLIS—If a cancer patient dies today in Indiana with thousands of dollars' worth of unused medication, it cannot be used by another per…
Under current Indiana law, if someone were unaware they had HIV and tried to donate blood, they could receive a felony charge. But a bill navi…
INDIANAPOLIS—The Senate Appropriations Committee met Tuesday to hear Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and others deliver testimony on mental health exp…
The Senate Health and Provider Services Committee voted 9-3 on Wednesday to move Senate Bill 7 on to the full chamber, where it's likely to dr…
The Senate Health and Provider Services Committee voted 9-3 on Wednesday to move Senate Bill 7 on to the full chamber, where it's likely to dr…
Over 1 million people among the 96 million COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have died. Indiana makes up 2 million of those cases and 25,000 of those…
It’s flu season, and it’s very likely that you or someone you know has already had it.
E-cigarette manufacturer JUUL Labs will pay Indiana more than $15.7 million in the settlement of a lawsuit alleging the company deliberately m…
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. And what’s the leading cause of that? Cigarette smoking.
INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana inspector general’s office has found shortcomings in documentation by the Indiana Department of Child Services on med…
INDIANAPOLIS—The Public Health, Behavioral Health and Human Services Summer Study Committee met Tuesday to discuss maternal mortality in Indiana.
Losing a child isn’t easy at any age. At 25 years old, TJ died of an overdose. His mother, local advocate Rhonda Stein, is still dealing with…
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INDIANAPOLIS–Wednesday evening, the Indiana Department of Health launched a dashboard indicating the number of monkeypox cases within the state.
The State of Indiana is facing a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana and Planned Parenthood—16 days before the near-tot…
Globally, 49,974 cases of monkeypox, or orthopoxvirus, have been reported.The U.S. has 18,417total confirmed cases, according to the most rece…
INDIANAPOLIS—With a vote Friday night in the Indiana Senate, a bill banning abortion with only a few narrow exceptions cleared its final legis…
INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana House Thursday repeatedly voted down amendments from Republicans and Democrats alike to Senate Bill 1, a total ban on…
INDIANAPOLIS—With the nation’s growing mental health crisis, Indiana is working to address the problem through programs and increased funding.
INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana House committee approved the Senate-passed abortion ban Tuesday, sending it to the House floor with amendments includi…
Public testimony on Senate Bill 1, which provides for a ban on abortion with exceptions only for rape, incest and to save the life of the moth…
INDIANAPOLIS— Senate Bill 1, a ban on abortion with exceptions only for rape, incest and to save the life of the mother, was passed by the Ind…
INDIANAPOLIS—“Let me tell you, this is the great debate. People will remember what we did.”
INDIANAPOLIS—After its passage in committee Tuesday, the Indiana Senate on Wednesday officially adopted the committee report on the controvers…
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana’s Senate Bill 1, a total ban on abortion with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, narrowly made it ou…
Indiana Right to Life organized a “Love Them Both” anti-abortion rally Tuesday at the Indiana Statehouse. It took place as the General Assembl…
INDIANAPOLIS—Nobody seemed happy with Senate Bill 1 at the Indiana Statehouse on Monday.
On Monday, the Statehouse was loud.
Eddie Heavner, pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Laporte, waited in line outside the Senate Chamber to ask his Republican elected officials to…
Carly Traynor and her friend Naomi S. Gold came to the Statehouse Monday to protest the likely abortion ban Indiana faces.
INDIANAPOLIS—Monday's special session began with a procedural meeting of the Indiana House of Representatives and House Concurrent Resolution …
INDIANAPOLIS—One of the state’s leading political analysts believes Republican leadership already has enough votes to pass Senate Bill 1 in it…
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana’s Senate Bill 1 proposes a total ban on abortions with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.
The following partial schedules for the Indiana General Assembly’s special session were provided to the press on Wednesday. All times and date…
Increasing protections for the unborn
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana University professors along with clinicians from Kentucky and Ohio conducted a survey of pregnant Hoosiers’ experiences w…
INDIANAPOLIS—In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Indiana Democrats are pointing to the effect an abortion ban would have on materna…
INDIANAPOLIS—Many of the bills passed during the 2022 session of the Indiana General Assembly and later signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb w…
INDIANAPOLIS—The Indianapolis Office of Sustainability declared its seventh “Knozone Action Day” of the summer on June 30.
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana families are struggling to find baby formula due to a national shortage.
From the age of 5, Levi Spaniolo knew he was different. His birth certificate read female, but something about that felt wrong. His mom tried …
INDIANAPOLIS—Two months after Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed House Enrolled Act 1041, which would only allow participation in school sports based on…
INDIANAPOLIS—As the May 24 one-day session for technical corrections approaches, the transgender sports bill veto awaits an override vote.
INDIANAPOLIS—A leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft published by POLITICO signals the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade this summer, which would pu…
INDIANAPOLIS—In the state of Indiana, marijuana in all forms has not yet been legalized. As a highly controversial debate even today, the rall…
INDIANAPOLIS—Over 100 Indiana lawmakers are asking Gov. Eric Holcomb to call a special session if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that states can…
INDIANAPOLIS—Both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly sent some good news to Gov. Eric Holcomb Thursday—the Senate upholding his veto of …
INDIANAPOLIS—As of right now, you can still find THC delta-8 products in stores. The Indiana House Tuesday passed an amended version of Senate…
INDIANAPOLIS—Ask both sides what the debate over transgender student-athletes’ inclusion in sports comes down to and they will likely give the…
INDIANAPOLIS—A House bill that would give employees exemptions to workplace vaccine mandates and end Indiana’s state of emergency passed on to…
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana currently ranks sixth in the nation for smoking adults, according to the CDC.
INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana House debated House Bill 1001 for the first time Thursday after previously hearing hours of public testimony on vacci…
INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana Senate Health and Provider Services Committee on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at requiring the Indiana Department …
INDIANAPOLIS—House Bill 1001, a controversial bill requiring employers to allow exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates, passed Thursday in …
With just over half of the eligible Indiana population vaccinated, Gov. Eric Holcomb and state health officials returned to screens for the fi…
This holiday season, Hoosiers are taking steps to prevent drug overdoses.
INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana House committee heard more than seven hours of testimony Thursday on a bill that would effectively ban COVID-19 vaccin…
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana doesn’t yet have reported cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19, but there have been additional testing sites made ava…
A couple of days before Thanksgiving, Hoosiers testified for and against a bill that would end the emergency order and limit vaccine mandates …
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana currently sits as one of the top five states with the highest number of anti-abortion provisions passed in 2021. That tre…
INDIANAPOLIS—A proposal that would end Indiana’s 20-month emergency order led to more than five hours of debate and public testimony in the In…
INDIANAPOLIS—During Indiana’s Organization Day on Tuesday, many lawmakers were seen without masks, which made for a much different atmosphere …
As soon as Thursday, children as young as 5 will be offered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
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