Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio were among the states cited for rates higher than the national average 5.79 per 1,000 live births.

An Indiana researcher led a national panel that made the recommendations to the CDC about pain management and opioids.

Doctors say the disease starts off as a common cold but the virus attacks the spinal cord. There are reports that some patients have needed breathing assistance.

Indiana and other Midwest states experienced a significantly increased number of overdoses at emergency departments.

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used a novel disease-mapping method to study how the 2015 HIV outbreak was transmitted.

Attorney General Curtis Hill, has accused the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of manipulating facts in order to push a "pro-needle-exchange agenda."

The CDC reports that the national drug-related death rate has increased more than two and a half times since 1999.

Two Indiana counties have been identified for a community based intervention effort.

The Centers for Disease Control will send 10 disease intervention specialists to Indiana to help with the testing.

Parts of Indiana have witnessed an increasing number of heroin overdoses in recent months. The CDC says overdose deaths have increased nearly 300 percent.