Health

With the new clinic, the university said more senior psychology faculty will be added and the number of clinical psychology graduate students will triple. ... Read More

In December, U.S. News & World Report named The Women’s Hospital in Newburgh one of the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care. Chief Nursing Officer Allie Ingler spoke with Inside INdiana Business about the evolution of the facility and the state of maternity care.... Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given approval to Switzerland-based Novartis to begin commercial manufacturing of a drug developed in Indiana at its new, $100 million plant on the west side of Indianapolis, the company said Friday.... Read More

Eighty-six county health departments, representing about 96% of Hoosiers, have received a piece of a $75 million public health investment meant to improve residents' health outcomes. The funding stems from the Health First Indiana initiative.... Read More

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. said Thursday that it has launched LillyDirect, an online service that will offer direct home delivery of Lilly’s obesity, migraine and diabetes medications. Lilly said the service will also provide...... Read More

A Nevada-based biotech company is suing Eli Lilly and Co., saying the Indianapolis-based drugmaker is refusing to pay royalties on patented technology it claims is used in Lilly’s pending new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.... Read More

Sen. Ed Charbonneau, the architect of numerous expansive pieces of health care legislation, admitted he was surprised when his health-focused interim committee was tasked with finding solutions to the lack of available and affordable child care.... Read More

Eight out of 10 people who caused the death of a child by abuse or neglect in Indiana in 2022 were the child’s parents, according to an annual report. The Indiana Department of Child Services investigated 308 child deaths and determined that 61 were...... Read More

The Indiana Department of Health posted the third quarter terminated pregnancy report Friday afternoon, finding 764 abortions occurred between July 1 through Sept. 30.... Read More

The upcoming session will be a non-budget year in which leaders have urged their members to prioritize emergency legislation and speed — a move that would grant the 125 General Assembly members up for election more time to campaign.... Read More

“It’s atrocious,” Becca Tuholski says sadly, while reciting the infant mortality rates in northwest Indiana that haunt her and other leaders at the NWI Food Council. The number of babies dying in Gary is triple the state’s rate—the ninth highest in the U.S.... Read More

In its latest push into artificial intelligence, Lilly has signed a deal with a California-based biotech to discover new obesity targets in humans. Fauna Bio says it will give Lilly access to its AI platform to support preclinical drug discovery efforts.... Read More

Bloomington-based not-for-profit entrepreneurship center The Mill this week named Paid.Care the top prize winner of its Crossroads Idea Competition. The startup, co-founded by CEO JR Ricker, has developed an online caregiver payment platform.... Read More

About 90 days before a person is to be released from one of Indiana’s 15 state correctional facilities, the offender will consult with representatives from CareSource to prepare for life beyond incarceration. CareSource’s re-entry program supports...... Read More

Grace College is planning to offer a new Orthopaedic MBA program beginning in May 2024. The program will be taught out of the Grace School of Business and accept a dozen students in its first cohort.... Read More

The 184,000-square-foot building will offer detox, residential inpatient, and outpatient services for substance use disorders as well as an inpatient psychiatric care unit and residential inpatient care for mental health disorders. ... Read More

The city of Bloomington cut the ribbon this week on a new health clinic for its employees. Everside Health runs the clinic located at 514 W. Second St., and all city employees and their families on the city's health insurance plan can receive care. ... Read More

The expanded clinic is expected to provide more patient rooms and dedicated space for physical therapy and psychological services.... Read More

The state’s April Medicaid expenditure forecast missed the mark by roughly $984 million due to a combination of state budget reversions and unexpected growth of services for aging and disabled Hoosiers, leaving a state agency scrambling for a solution.... Read More

Community Health Network has agreed to pay the U.S. government $345 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a years-long scheme to recruit physicians and pay them huge salaries and bonuses in return for “downstream referrals” on medical procedures.... Read More