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COVID-19, other health issues influenced by where you live, experts say

When Marion County Health Commissioner Dr. Virginia Caine fell down a flight of stairs recently, a pill to treat her arthritis became a way...

As schools reopen amid COVID-19, teachers worry about their mental health

Teaching is already challenging enough without a pandemic shaking up how the classroom operates. As schools reopen, many districts are focused on keeping their...

Health advocates say some COVID-19 testing lacks cultural sensitivity

On a Friday evening in late June, Liliana Quintero received a call from one of the Spanish interpreters working at a COVID-19 testing site...

PACE celebrates National Recovery Month

In 1989, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) launched National Recovery Month to increase awareness surrounding mental health and substance abuse. At the...

Purdue Extension: growing communities one garden at a time

Located within an Indianapolis food desert, 25 volunteers gathered on a hot July day to build six raised garden beds and plant cool-season vegetable...

Why it matters that addiction is a disease

People often hold strongly to vastly differing ideas and opinions about addiction. Many people see heroin addicts as despicable, depraved criminals, without conscience or...

Sickle cell treatment improving locally, but still ‘sort of a problem’

Adult sickle cell disease patients have had a treatment option to reduce pain and the need for blood transfusions for about two decades now.Hydroxyurea,...

Assistance in Paying Medical Bills is Available in a Variety of Ways

Having to pay expensive medical bills is something many Americans are frightened of causing them to neglect the medical care they need to avoid...

New COVID-19 study sheds light on asymptomatic carriers

A new study conducted by the Indiana University Medical School found asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 make up only 0.2% of cases in Marion County. The...

Racial disparities in Indiana health care: what’s being done?

Diabetes. Hypertension. Infant and maternal mortality. COVID-19. All of these issues are more likely to affect — and kill — Black Hoosiers at a disproportionate...

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