Although mosquito activity decreases with cooler temperatures, state health officials say the risk of mosquito-borne diseases won't end for the year until the first hard freeze occurs.

Indiana ranks 13th in the country for obesity rates among children ages 10 to 17 with about 1 in 6 Hoosier children in the age group considered obese.

A person has died in Elkhart County from a rare but deadly mosquito-borne virus that often affects horses.

The new deaths reported by the State Department of Health brings the total number of vaping-related deaths in the state to three since Sept. 6.

This five-part series examines the financial problems faced by rural hospitals across the U.S. More than 110 have closed in less than a decade, and the trend accelerated last year. Others have cut services such as maternity wards to survive.

To survive, Wisconsin's rural hospitals are consolidating, getting creative about doctor recruitment and tapping new segments of the medical market.

Two programs that link health providers with on-the-ground experts will expand with help from the state. The work builds on the success of previous ECHO projects in Indiana.

To help address a shortage of medical professionals, a University of Missouri program immerses future doctors, pharmacists, nurses and other health workers in small-towns.

The Big Fork, Minnesota municipal hospital is a chronic money-loser. But without it, local leaders fear the community's health would suffer and employers would melt away.

To avoid closing, some hospitals have cut services, including labor and delivery units. That's had a big impact on small Iowa communities.