Indiana officials say the state is declaring freedom from the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or bird flu. A bird flu-free status means a state has eliminated disease on all affected farms and no new infections are detected after waiting for 28 days.

Parents of medically complex children say the changes made by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration following the 2023 Medicaid forecasting error left families without critical services.

The U.S. is up to 1,046 confirmed measles cases. Texas added 10 cases in the past week, further signaling slowing of the nation's largest outbreak. Two elementary school-aged children and an adult have died from measles-related illnesses this year.

Medicaid covers Pat Hustmyer's medication for her chronic health condition. She is one of the almost 700,000 people enrolled in the Healthly Indiana Plan, or HIP, that are caught between state and federal Medicaid policies that threaten their coverage and could force them to make "life-or-death" decisions.

Federal lawmakers are considering adding Medicaid work requirements — meaning people would have to prove they work, volunteer or go to school in order to receive health insurance. Experts warn that many people who already work will fall through the cracks.

Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Now, the agency is siding with the credit industry groups suing to have the rule vacated.

Pharmaceutical drugmakers sometimes offer financial assistance for high-cost speciality drugs. But insurance companies aren't required to apply that assistance to a person's deductible or out-of-pocket maximum. A new Indiana law will soon change that for certain prescription drugs.

Experts say the moderate gains in maternal mental health could be impacted by proposed cuts to Medicaid at the federal level.

Sullivan was selected as Indiana University School of Medicine’s single Motorsports Medicine Fellow. She’s part of a one-of-a-kind emergency medicine program with IndyCar that trains doctors for accidents during high-speed races.

There are 12 exceptions to the new work reporting requirements for the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. But federal lawmakers are proposing their own version of the policy for Medicaid expansion programs. Medicaid experts said under that proposal, Indiana would no longer be allowed to provide several of those exceptions.