SPEEDWAY — Vaccines rolled into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Thursday as part of a national bus tour under the Biden Administration. The goal is to get more Americans vaccinated against the coronavirus by providing access and education. U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh joined IMS President Doug Boles, IndyCar’s Tony Kanaan and IU Health healthcare heroes for […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University Health has announced it will require all team members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by September 1. In a statement released on Tuesday, IU Health said they are committed to providing a safe place to work and receive care. By keeping their commitment, they are requiring all team members to be […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Dr. Virginia Caine, director of the Marion County Health Department have announced a new social media and outreach campaign called, #GotMyShot. The campaign is meant to spread awareness to Indianapolis community members and the reasons why they chose to get vaccinated, along with relevant COVID-19 information. Anyone is […]
CARMEL — People can register to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Carmel. The Hamilton County Health Department, the City of Carmel and Trinity Free Clinic will host the clinic from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at the Jill Perelman Pavilion at West Park located at 2700 West 116th Street. Read more […]
The CDC is officially shortening the amount of time someone should quarantine after being exposed to coronavirus. A full 14-days is still recommended but now there are two other alternatives. If no symptoms develop, ten days is okay. But it drops to seven with a negative test. The CDC director warns the next three months […]
The CDC believes it will take more than masks to scare away the coronavirus this Halloween. The agency says that for trick-or-treaters to stay healthy during the ongoing pandemic, they’ll need to find new ways to hand out and get candy. That means instead of traditional trick-or-treating, kids can be driven from house to house. […]
Most American adults, including 80 percent of smokers, favor forcing cigarette companies to lower nicotine levels to make cigarettes less addictive. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the idea is welcomed by most people regardless of sex, age, race or income. The CDC says lowering nicotine levels would make […]
New study contradicts popular belief that this atrocity is just a developing world problem.
Yet, African-Americans still bear the brunt of the epidemic, accounting for 44 percent of new infections each year.
Health officials announced Tuesday (9/30) that the first case of Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States. — a man isolated in intensive care at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. The unidentified man first felt sick Sept. 24 and went to the Dallas hospital, but staff didn’t suspect Ebola then, so he went home. […]
01/24/14- Jacque Reid goes “Inside Her Story” with Dr. Jacqueline Miller, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about Gynecological Cancer and HPV and how it affects…
The residue of certain pesticides found on fresh produce in the U.S. and Canada increase the odds of children developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by 35 percent, according to a recently released study.