The 2022 Indiana Black and Minority Health Fair will offer a range of free health services like blood work, breast exams, dental check-ups and childhood immunizations.

A new tool created by a central Indiana police department was designed to assist in emergency situations.

A new tool created by a central Indiana police department was designed to assist in emergency situations.

The health fair, which is part of the annual Indiana Black Expo, offered about $2,000 worth of health services for free to attendees, including eye exams, breast cancer screenings, and HIV and Hepatitis C rapid tests.

In Indiana, hundreds of thousands of people lack easy access to grocery stores. Many more can't afford to buy healthy food, and that's a problem for anyone with diabetes.

The American Diabetes Association says about a quarter of people with the disease are tapping savings, loans or stimulus checks to buy insulin. And some are taking big risks to get the life-saving drug.

The pandemic has left millions of Americans without jobs -- and health insurance. And for the one in 10 Americans with diabetes, this poses a life-threatening problem. Now, many are scrambling to pay for their insulin.

Health care workers are learning that COVID-19 has the power to raise blood sugar to dangerous levels. And that's creating serious challenges for hospitals.

People who have diabetes are at a much greater risk of dying from COVID-19, or developing severe symptoms and complications. Now researchers are finding that many serious problems can be triggered by COVID-19's impact on blood sugar levels.

Inconsistent delivery of diabetes medications was commonly reported, and prisoners say the pandemic has strained an already strapped health care system in the state prisons.