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Norovirus: What to know about rising outbreaks of the gastrointestinal ailment

December 30, 2024 | The Washington Post

Cases of the illness known as norovirus—which induces miserable bouts of vomiting and diarrhea—are surging across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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McDonald’s Quarter Pounder back on menu after testing rules out beef patties as E. coli source

October 27, 2024 | Associated Press

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to believe that slivered onions from a single supplier are the likely source of contamination, McDonald’s said in a statement.

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Fast food chains remove onions from menus amid E. Coli outbreak

October 24, 2024 | The Washington Post

The removal of onions comes amid a federal investigation into the E. coli outbreak, which has sickened 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died.

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E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders in 10 states

October 23, 2024 | The Washington Post

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 49 people, including one person who has died. Slivered onions are a likely source of contamination, the agency said.

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New Indy Health District aims to make five historic neighborhoods healthier

October 21, 2024 | John RussellJohn Russell

IU Health is joining forces with other anchor institutions on the northern edge of downtown—including The Children’s Museum, Ivy Tech Community College and Citizens Energy Group—to form what they are calling the Indy Health District.

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Indiana Chief Justice Rush says state must improve in regard to mental health

October 16, 2024 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush said Indiana’s judges have made progress but still have work to do when it comes to handling mental health crises and drug addiction.

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Teen vaping hits 10-year low in United States

September 6, 2024 | Associated Press

FDA officials noted that the drop in vaping didn’t coincide with a rise in other tobacco industry products, such as nicotine pouches, which have surged in use among adults.

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Boar’s Head expands recall to include 7M more pounds of deli meats

July 30, 2024 | Associated Press

The recalls are tied to an ongoing outbreak of listeria poisoning that has killed two people and sickened nearly three dozen in 13 states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Recall of Boar’s Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak

July 26, 2024 | Associated Press

In central Indiana, Boar’s Head products are sold at Kroger, Needler’s Fresh Market and Fresh Thyme.

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Marion County health care agencies plan east-side investments

May 24, 2024 | Taylor Wooten

This summer, the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County will break ground on a multiyear, $170 million facilities improvement plan—the largest investment in the agency’s structures in decades—beginning with a new public health lab.

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Fewer U.S., Indiana overdose deaths reported last year, but experts cautious

May 15, 2024 | Associated Press

Prescription painkillers once drove the nation’s overdose epidemic, but they were supplanted years ago by heroin and more recently by illegal fentanyl.

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Indiana AG Todd Rokita alleges inflated COVID-19 stats

March 26, 2024 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita accused public health entities across the state of submitting “faulty” and “unsound” data when it came to COVID-19’s death toll and positivity rate.

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Study says U.S. maternal death rate crisis is really case of bad data

March 13, 2024 | The Washington Post

A new study calls into question the extent of the maternal mortality crisis in the United States, which has long posted a disproportionately high rate of maternal deaths compared with peer nations.

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Author John Green’s current chapter is focused on a healthier human race

February 2, 2024 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

Green’s new journey to becoming a leading advocate for wiping out tuberculosis worldwide has its roots in another of his philanthropic interests: the health of mothers and infants in Sierra Leone.

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Eskenazi Health raising $60M to close health gaps

December 1, 2023 | John RussellJohn Russell

In March, Eskenazi Health launched a fundraising campaign to help it move the needle on health disparities. As of last month, its foundation had raised $57 million.

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On COVID-19 response, Holcomb says he has ‘no regrets’

September 27, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s comments came following prepared remarks he made to the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, a group focused on state and local efforts to strengthen public health and defenses to biological threats.

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Halverson leaving IU Fairbanks School of Public Health for Oregon job

September 26, 2023 | John RussellJohn Russell

Paul Halverson, the founding dean of the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health, is a longtime advocate for a stronger role for public health across the state.

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AI improved the state’s COVID tracking and response

September 22, 2023 | Peter Blanchard

Developments in artificial intelligence during the pandemic greatly improved the COVID-19 screening, diagnostics and prediction process, according to a 2021 study by the National Institutes of Health.

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Indiana public health boost smaller than governor sought

April 24, 2023 | Associated Press

Republican legislators are poised to direct only about two-thirds of the money that Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb sought toward tackling the state’s poor national rankings in areas such as obesity, smoking and life expectancy and improving local emergency services.

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Indiana House pushes Senate to adopt increased cigarette tax

April 12, 2023 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Discussion about a higher cigarette tax came as the House Ways and Means Committee, the powerful budget-drafters of the chamber, considered bills that address mental health and public health. 

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