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The importance of breastfeeding for both mothers and infants

August is recognized as National Breastfeeding Month to help raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding for both mother and infant. Due to its...

Indiana’s governor backing schools on face mask mandates

By TOM DAVIES INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's governor gave his support Monday to the growing number of school districts across the state issuing mask mandates...

This woman has lived with HIV for more than 30 years. Listen to her experience with the virus

Sheila Muhammad tested positive for HIV more than 30 years ago and her life quickly changed. But as the years passed, attitudes and treatments...

HIV organizations say more work needs to be done to reach Black women

Pamela Goodwin started the Indianapolis based nonprofit Women In Motion after she recognized she was at high risk for HIV, the virus that leads...

Eskenazi Health Offers Back to School Advice to Parents

Broderick Rhyant, M.D.,chief physician executive,Eskenazi Health Center Forest Manor ​As more people have access to COVID-19 vaccines, there›s hope that everyday life, including students returning to their...

Veteran Hoosier living with mental illness wins NAMI national board seat, plans to focus on law enforcement training

Ray Lay, a 66-year-old Black veteran Hoosier, was recently elected to the national board of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). His election...

Black women are being diagnosed with HIV at higher rates than other groups

Sheila Muhammad tested HIV positive in 1990, when she was just 26 years old and pregnant with her third child. She was shocked, angry and...

Veteran Hoosier living with mental illness wins NAMI national board seat, plans to focus on law enforcement training

Ray Lay, a 66-year-old Black veteran Hoosier, was recently elected to the national board of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). His election...

COVID-19 delta variant: What to know

The delta variant of COVID-19 now accounts for almost all new cases in Indiana and across the country, prompting renewed calls for masking and...

Some Black patients wait for days to get crucial blood transfusions

Latisha Bryant’s friends know her as the life of the party, the fashionista who is obsessed with shoes. At 48, she has a pink ombre...

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