The blacklegged tick - also known as the deer tick - is responsible for spreading Lyme disease in Indiana.

The Indiana State Department of Health is opening what it calls a "one-stop shop" that, in addition to lead testing, will provide residents with a voucher for a state ID and free help finding birth certificates and health insurance.

The county originally planned to partner with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to run the exchange, but that plan fell apart.

The task force discussed a rise in children's mental health cases and pharmacy robberies.

Organizers say the training could impact as many as 1,000 nursing home residents in southwestern Indiana.

Since the outbreak started last year, the state health department says 184 people have been diagnosed with HIV.

State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams says the new information prevention app "will put valuable information at Hoosiers' fingertips."

The Indiana Department of Health has created an online registry of places that dispense naloxone, a drug that can reverse the effects of a heroin overdose.

Gov. Mike Pence ordered an investigation in the wake of a national scandal. In letters to facilities in Merrillville, Indianapolis and Bloomington, the State Health Department says it completed its investigation and found no wrongdoing, declaring the matter closed.