The Indiana State Department of Health sent letters to 305,000 parents who haven’t vaccinated their children for a virus known to cause cervical cancer. Conservative groups have objected to what they call an intrusion into parenting decisions.
The Indianapolis-based hospital system announced the donation from John Schnatter Thursday during a groundbreaking ceremony for St. Vincent House, which will include private units for 20 families who have a child or loved receiving extended care.
For the $300 billion pharmaceutical industry, the rapid growth of illegal underground marketplaces is a serious threat to profits and reputations.
The federal penalty for having no health insurance is set to jump to $695, and the Obama administration is being urged to highlight that cold fact to help drive more sign-ups.
AstraZeneca Plc didn’t receive U.S. approval for a new diabetes treatment that combines two of its existing drugs. The combination would have competed with Glyxambi from Lilly.
Gov. Mike Pence cited the successes of a $1 million pilot program as reason for granting a new $3.5 million contract to Real Alternatives, a Pennsylvania-based charity.
Long-time health care executive Charles C. Miraglia was picked by the center’s board of directors to replace interim CEO Dan A. Waxman, who has been in that position since January.
William S. Gibbons Jr., Cook's vice president of of global engineering, and his 15-year-old daughter, Abbey, were killed when the plane crashed into Buffalo Mountain in eastern Tennessee.
Eli Lilly shares plunged nearly 10 percent Monday morning after it said it would stop development of evacetrapib, an experimental cholesterol drug with blockbuster potential.
Suzhou, China-based Innovent could receive payments totaling more than $1 billion if the cancer products it develops with Lilly reach certain milestones.
The drugmaker is trying to beef up its work on using the immune system to fight cancer. Indianapolis will remain Lilly’s main hub for research and development.
Dr. Malaz Boustani leads a 26-person team at Eskenazi Health that is showing the group's approach to health care can improve the mental health of both dementia patients and their care givers.
Five months after it expected to hold an election, the union trying to organize nurses at Indiana University Health’s downtown hospitals doesn’t even have a projected date for a vote.
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine think they have found a way to predict possible suicides using blood tests and questionnaires on tablet computers.
Health care providers say they can’t attract patients tomorrow with facilities from yesterday. So they are scrambling to erect new structures that are more convenient.
Puerto Rico officials are looking to replace an expiring tax with a new levy to draw much-needed revenue from the world’s best-selling medications while seeking to avoid driving U.S. manufacturers such as Eli Lilly and Co. from the commonwealth.
The university will lead a consortium of eight institutions that will use the money to create a system of coaches embedded in medical practices.
The settlement with France-based Sanofi SA clears up uncertainty over a drug that could rack up more than $1 billion in sales by 2020, according to Wall Street analysts.
With the number of applications to Marian’s College of Osteopathic Medicine running twice as high as initially expected, school leaders say they are confident Marian can help reduce a looming physician shortage in Indiana.
The new college's academic programs would include athletic training, nursing, speech pathology and psychology.
