Tag Archives: Indiana State Department of Health

The Bloomington Farmer’s Market is facing a public petition, demanding the expulsion of two individuals who operate as vendors for Schooner Creek Farm. The petition alleges the individuals are connected to the White supremacist movement, Identity Evropa, and encourages both the Bloomington Farmer’s Market and the Nashville Farmer’s Market to ban them. The allegations come after the trial and FBI …

The Indiana State Department of Health denied an abortion clinic’s application in South Bend yesterday; The Bloomington Commission on the Status of Women is accepting nominations for the 2019 Woman of the Year; The Bloomington City Council voiced unanimous support last night for extending height and density restrictions on downtown development. FEATURE The Youth Service Bureau of Monroe County and …

The first flu death in Indiana came unusually early this year. The Indiana State Department of Health reports the state’s first victim died on November 2nd. ISDH reports the victim was 65 years old or older. They do not release personal details about flu victims. The death came five weeks earlier than the first death of last year’s flu season. Indiana …

One year ago, the Lawrence County Commissioners voted to discontinue their needle exchange program. Lawrence County was the second Indiana county to discontinue needle exchanges, which service areas hit particularly hard by the ongoing opioid epidemic. Needle exchanges are typically non-governmental agencies that offer clean syringes to drug users, in an effort to reduce the transmission of diseases, like HIV …

On August 27, Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan sponsored a candidate and community health care forum on the Franklin College campus. Moderated by Dr. Rob Stone, the panel included local health care experts Dr. Mary Beth Hensley and Michael Kolenda Ph.D., the Director of WindRose Health Network. Both Indiana 9th Congressional District candidates, Liz Watson and Trey Hollingsworth, were …

The Indiana Recovery Alliance and the Shalom Community Center handed out Hepatitis A vaccinations in Bloomington this afternoon. Indiana Recovery Alliance Founder and Director Chris Abert said the area organizations handed out around a dozen vaccinations for the disease. Abert said people experiencing homelessness and drug addiction are the among the most susceptible demographics to contract the disease, which is …

Monroe County terminated an agreement with the city of Bloomington yesterday, over the proposed Convention Center expansion; The city’s Commission on the Status of Black Males lined up, outside of Templeton Elementary School, to welcome students back to school; The Indiana State Department of Health has found mosquitoes with West Nile Virus throughout counties in the state, including in Monroe County; The …

The Indiana State Department of Health is working with the Wayne County Health Department to inform people who may have eaten food prepared at Casey’s General Store in Centerville about a possible exposure to Hepatitis A. The warning about possible exposure comes after the state’s first victim of Hepatitis A, died last week. Indiana is one of 10 states currently …

Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch is slated to attend the soft opening of Hard Truth Hills Distillery, later this week; The opening of Hard Truth Hills in Nashville is the latest development in an ongoing water dispute; Richland Bean Blossom Community School Board unanimously approved lowering its tax service debt rate for 2019; The Indiana State Department of Health is working …

The Indiana State Department of Health recorded a net increase in the number of abortion procedures carried out in the state. ISDH has yet to release their 2017 Induced Terminated Pregnancies Report to the general public. But both Pro-choice and pro-life agencies confirm the report documents an increase in the number of reported abortions performed throughout the state. Indiana Right to …