Around this time last year, approximately 100 cases of Shigellosis had been reported in Indiana. This year that number is more than 1,000.

The Marion County Health Department Thursday released its 2014 Community Health Assessment, and the health of the county isn’t looking so hot.

The latest American Health Ranking report from the United Health Foundation ranks Indiana 41st out of the 50 states when it comes to overall health. That’s the same rating the state received last year.

Way too many residents of U.S. nursing homes are on antipsychotic drugs, critics say. It's often just for the convenience of the staff, to sedate patients agitated by dementia. That's illegal.

Franciscan St Francis will move into a building right next door to a new YMCA in the City Way development. The two organizations plan to work together to provide health and wellness programs to people in the area.

Restricting your calories for short periods of time may be one way to counter seasonal overeating. A few studies make a cautious but encouraging case for the health benefits of regular "minifasts."

Eskenazi Health hopes to reach over 30,000 patients with rapid oral HIV testing.

A new team will assess resources to try and keep mentally ill people from returning to jail.

Indiana Department of Insurance Chief Actuary Karl Knable says people reenrolling or seeking insurance on the marketplace for the first time should be alert about potential scams.

Officials closed Andrean high School on Monday after two students, who are brothers, were diagnosed over the weekend with swine flu, also known as H1N1. Swine flu has a history of being particularly dangerous among younger adults.