Roche begins shipping emergency-approved COVID-19 tests across country
Indianapolis-based Roche Diagnostics said Monday that it has begun shipping an initial order of 400,000 COVID-19 test kits to a network of more than 30 hospital and laboratories.
Indianapolis-based Roche Diagnostics said Monday that it has begun shipping an initial order of 400,000 COVID-19 test kits to a network of more than 30 hospital and laboratories.
Under the hot glare of television lights, before dozens of reporters and spectators at the Indiana Statehouse on Monday afternoon, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb began talking of war, combat and a long, hard, struggle ahead.
Ascension St. Vincent, Community Health and Franciscan Health have confirmed plans to restrict elective procedures to shore up critical supplies and keep the virus from spreading.
Trump also told reporters at a White House briefing that he had his temperature taken before stepping into the room and it was “totally normal.”
This latest health threat should be a reminder of the value of supporting public health on the federal, state and local levels.
Despite lengthy debates on reducing health care costs this year, Indiana lawmakers completely eliminated the provision that business leaders said was likely to have the most impact.
President Donald Trump said he is suspending all travel between the United States and Europe beginning Friday as he seeks to combat the viral pandemic. The move was one of several executive actions he announced to the nation Wednesday night.
Around Indiana, hospital officials say they have stepped up safety precautions in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. But even amid extensive preparation, some acknowledge that if the disease spreads quickly, it could test their facilities.
Gov. Eric Holcomb said that in response he has declared a public health emergency so the state can seek federal funding to help control and stop any spread of the coronavirus.
Dr. Emily Scott and her colleagues found that keeping moms and babies together resulted in fewer babies needing morphine to wean them off their addiction.
The Damien Center is the largest and oldest provider of services to the local HIV/AIDS community. It has a budget of $12.5 million and about 70 employees.
Some people call 911 for non-emergency assistance multiple times a day because they don’t know where else to turn. Each call requires the deployment of a vehicle, equipment and personnel.
The drug Crysvita can be a game-changer for children and adults with X-Linked Hypophosphatemia, a painful and deforming bone disease that causes rickets and softening of the bones.
Thanks to care advancements supported by and pioneered at Riley, spina bifida patients are living longer, healthier and more independently.
It’s not unusual to hear a doctor described as compassionate and caring. But when you hear Dr. Thomas Bright’s patients and colleagues in Anderson describe him that way, you get the idea Bright lives those qualities to an unusual degree.
For 40 years, Dr. Daniel Shull has been the medical director at New Hope and has learned a thing or two about caring for the organization’s special patient population.
Dr. Mark Turrentine’s interest in medicine started in western Kansas, migrated to Indianapolis and now takes him around the world performing heart surgery on children.
A lab where cancer patients receive chemotherapy is where Kerry Skurka identified a problem and forged her new path in health care.
As co-coordinator of Riley Children’s Health’s Cleft & Craniofacial Anomalies Program, Caitlin Church coordinates patient care for children born with cleft lips and palates and other abnormalities.
Wanda Thruston decided at the age of 5 that she wanted to be a nurse. She wasn’t much older when she had a vision of working in a clinic that took care of people in distress.