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New program provides scales to families with NICU babies

CareSource, a nonprofit health plan, started a program to provide families of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) babies with free scales to monitor their...

Big or small – anti-litter efforts keep our waterways and communities clean

Do you know what happens to that cup, straw and lid that is tossed out a car window and lands in the street? Unless...

Naloxone disparities a matter of life and death

Out of 10,000 doses of naloxone — a lifesaving drug which can reverse an opioid overdose — distributed throughout Indiana, only one dose went...

Founding CEO of Fathers and Families reflects on a legacy

Dr. Wallace McClaughlin’s father was a struggling minister who experienced racism, poverty and a broken health care system in the Jim Crow South. He died of a stroke at 60. McClaughlin was...

Indianapolis organizations work toward HIV-free future

In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started an initiative to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. Dr. Virginia Caine, Marion...

Cultural Competency Part 4: health care

Recently, the NFL agreed to drop race bias in concussion claims. It had previously been settling concussion claims using a "race-based formula that assumes...

IU researcher: Pandemic confirms how low-quality jobs affect African Americans’ health

As 25-year-old Torian Jones sorted out the fresh produce section at Cleo’s Bodega grocery store, he put the bad tomatoes in a small box....

No more mask mandate if you’re fully vaccinated

People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear a mask in most situations after the Indianapolis City-County Council voted to...

How to Prepare to Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations

Broderick Rhyant M.D., chief physician executive at Eskenazi Health Center Forest Manor As millions of Americans decide to receive COVID-19 vaccines, some are hesitant to...

Eskenazi Nurse Helps Neurosurgery Clinic Work Smoothly

Growing up, Rachel Jones wanted to be a teacher. But that changed as she began ironing the uniform her dad wore as a certified...

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