Zakiyyah Darden claims that public disclosure of her medical information turned her life upside down. In court filings, she says her fiancé broke off their engagement after finding out about her diagnosis and kicked her out of his house. Her co-workers and supervisor at her warehouse job made comments, causing her to leave her job. She also lost several clients at her hairdressing business.... Read More
A federal judge issued an order Friday stopping an Indiana ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors from taking effect as scheduled July 1.... Read More
IUPUI School of Science researchers will have $11.7 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to study potential drug treatments to treat a traumatic brain injury-related condition leading to cerebrospinal fluid to amass in the brain.... Read More
The Indiana Youth Institute is preparing to launch a $20 million initiative designed to support workers at youth services organizations throughout the state. The Youth Worker Well-Being Project is a collaboration among five intermediary youth-serving organizations.... Read More
Indiana’s Legislature trampled upon the rights of young transgender patients and their parents with a new law aiming to ban them from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries, an attorney told a federal judge Wednesday.... Read More
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction is holding the torch to dispersing funding to local governments and community mental health centers. Funding stems from the American Rescue Plan Act and the National Opioid Settlement.... Read More
Valparaiso-based HealthLinc announced Tuesday that Beth Wrobel will retire at the end of the year after 21 years. The federally qualified health center said during Wrobel's tenure, the organization has significantly grown its footprint across northern Indiana.... Read More
As Inside INdiana Business marks 25 years on television, we're looking back at progress made in the Indiana economy, including sectors like the life sciences, an industry that has grown from around $32 billion in value to more than $80 billion. ... Read More
Nursing home patients can sue providers that accept Medicaid in federal court, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Thursday in an Indiana-born case with implications for millions of Americans.... Read More
A project at IU's Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, a data and research driven service and research hub on the Indianapolis campus, will investigate why the state is not producing enough those specialty health care workers to meet the demand through exploring the post-secondary pipeline. ... Read More
A New Albany-based startup is continuing its rapid growth after less than three years in business. RxLightning, which has developed a software platform to streamline specialty medication enrollment, has closed on a $17.5 million Series A round of funding.... Read More
The federal Health Resources and Services Administration estimated the southwest portion of the capital has 14,000 residents who are underserved. New patients are being accepted for wellness exams, well-child visits, immunizations, sports physicals, psychiatric medication management and evaluation specialist referrals.... Read More
A lawsuit that seeks to strike down the state’s near-total abortion ban on the basis of Indiana’s controversial religious freedom law was certified Tuesday as a class action by a Marion County Superior Court judge.... Read More
Versiti Blood Center of Indiana has issued an emergency appeal for blood donations. Versiti aims to have a three-day supply of available blood for local hospitals, but the organization said it currently has less than a one-day supply on the shelves. ... Read More
A northern Indiana abortion clinic will close nearly a year after the state approved a ban on the practice, with “unnecessary” and “politically driven” restrictions on abortions forcing its closure, according to a Monday announcement.... Read More
In partnership with MATTER, a Chicago-based health care collaborative, the health system puts on the Healthy Kids Healthy Future: A Pediatrics Innovation Competition, which seeks support management and treatment solutions for kids and teens with conditions like asthma, cystic fibrosis, diabetes and other developmental and behavioral disabilities.... Read More
Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, one of only three Indiana hospitals to perform organ transplants, is closing its heart transplant and inpatient burn services, citing low volumes. The move marks the end of Lutheran Hospital’s transplant program. ... Read More
It was a major case of burnout that led Morgan Leigh Miller to quit her job as a hospital patient care technician and become a campus bus driver at Indiana University. But there was one element of her old job she couldn’t let go.... Read More
New Jersey-based Catalent Inc. is a contract drug manufacturer that significantly increased its operations at the Monroe County location during the pandemic to meet the demand for COVID-19 vaccines. It's that same plant that the company blames in part for productivity issues and unexpected costs.... Read More
The governor signed a 2020 bill mandating the licensure requirement and serving the IDOI commissioner more authority to set requirements. Those may include provisions for licensure and financial requirements, application and renewal fees, pharmacy claims audits, maximum allowable cost pricing, annual reporting and violation penalties. The law became active March 22.... Read More
