EDITORIAL: Northwest Indiana needs Senate Bill 585

Senate Bill 585 has many valuable provisions for Lake County and Northwest Indiana. It must become law.

Report ranks Lake County among unhealthiest in Indiana

An annual health report issued this week ranks Lake County near the bottom of the state for health outcomes, with Porter County closer to the top.

Website provides Indiana health stats

A new website, launched with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gives Hoosiers a look at the state of their health.

Flu-related deaths reach 40 in Indiana

Forty people in Indiana have died from flu-related illness this season, state health officials reported Wednesday.

Governor gets flu shot, reminds Hoosiers to get theirs as well

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence got a flu shot in his Statehouse office Thursday and encouraged all eligible Hoosiers to also get vaccinated against the flu.

State, others want farmers markets to take SNAP benefits

State agencies and Indiana educational and nonprofit organizations are hosting a seminar in Merrillville later this month to teach operators of farmers markets how accepting federal food assistance benefits can create benefits for shoppers and the markets.

Trauma center need remains top issue

State health officials want to arm hospitals with resources to help them care for the most seriously injured patients.

HEALTH BRIEFS: Program to highlight concussion, sports link

Concussion care discussed

State sponsors contest to reward tobacco quitters

Forgoing tobacco for one month will land cash prizes for three lucky Hoosiers.

West Nile infections are rare locally, if not nationally

The number of people infected with West Nile virus nationally is at an all-time high, but only two cases of the mosquito-borne illness have been reported in Lake County so far this year, according to the Lake County Health Department, which oversees most of the county.

Salmonella linked to cantaloupes

State and federal health officials are advising Hoosiers to discard cantaloupes purchased since July 7, after an outbreak of salmonellosis that made 14 Hoosiers sick, along with about 150 people across the country. Two people in Kentucky have died because of the outbreak.

Health Briefs: Access immunization records online

Access immunization records online

Health Briefs

Immunization records online

Officials investigating LaPorte fair for swine-related sickness

LAPORTE | State and local health officials are investigating an outbreak of four human illnesses associated with the LaPorte County Fair, which took place July 8-14.

State makes vaccine records available online

INDIANAPOLIS | Hoosier parents will no longer need to rely on a list of dates handwritten by a doctor to know whether their child has received all of his or her vaccinations.

EDITORIAL: Indiana on road to treating trauma gaps

Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Gregory Larkin deserves credit for gathering information on the state's trauma care system. There are obvious gaps — including in Northwest Indiana, where no trauma center exists.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Tonight's trauma listening session vital to community

Do you know the No. 1 killer of Hoosiers under age 45? It is injury, more specifically trauma.

Trauma care focus of Thursday meeting

PORTAGE | The Indiana State Department of Health will make a stop Thursday in Portage as part of its statewide listening tour about trauma care.

State rule may improve chances for Gary trauma hospital

INDIANAPOLIS | A pending state rule requiring severely injured Hoosiers be taken to the nearest trauma center may boost plans to build a trauma hospital in Gary.