Category Archives: Health
Hoosier health officials urge safe sleeping for infants
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) is urging parents to take steps to protect the health and safety of their infants following a surge this month of deaths caused by ...
Aug 19, 2025 Elnur_ / Depositphotos.com
New website aims to support expectant moms in NE Indiana
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The St. Joseph Community Health Foundation has launched PrenatalPath.com, which connects expectant mothers and families with quality, free or low-cost prenatal and infant ca...
Aug 15, 2025 Milkos / Depositphotos.com
Report: Plastic pollution a dangerous health threat
(ADAMS) - Plastic pollution is a health danger costing at least $1.5 trillion a year. That's according to a new report out Monday in the medical journal The Lancet. The report looked at data from a ra...
Aug 05, 2025 jaggat / Depositphotos.com
Judge: Medical debt to stay on credit reports
(ADAMS) - Medical debt will remain on credit reports after a federal judge vacated a Biden-era rule. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule would have removed the debt; however, the judge found...
Jul 16, 2025 sbartsmedia / Depositphotos.com
Indiana marks over a month with no new cases of measles
UPDATE (May 28, 2025): ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana's measles outbreak is over. All eight cases in the Hoosier state were reported in Allen County. There were no new cases found since April 21st,...
May 28, 2025 tashatuvango / Depositphotos.com
State, local health departments facing $40 million in federal cuts
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Health and local health departments are dealing with an estimated $40 million in federal funding cuts. IDOH communications officer Greta Sanderso...
Mar 27, 2025
Health officials urge Hoosiers to take precautions to prevent the flu
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) is encouraging Hoosiers to protect themselves against influenza (flu) after confirming the first flu-related death of the 2024-25 s...
Dec 03, 2024 scukrov / Depositphotos.com
Health officials urge Hoosiers to get rid of recalled 'Shruumz' products
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is encouraging individuals to not buy, eat, sell, or serve Diamond Shruumz brand chocolate bars, cones, or gummies following a ...
Jul 02, 2024
Free Community Health Resource Directories now available
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The latest edition of the Community Health Resource Directory is now available for free to the general public and organizations that serve low-income and vulnerable resident...
Apr 03, 2024
Eli Lilly announces insulin product shortages
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly says they have a shortage of two insulin products. The company says the products are Humalog and Insulin Lispro Injection...
Mar 26, 2024 dml5050 / Depositphotos.com
