Former Indiana State Health Commissioner and current U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams will address the conference this week.

Kristina Box, an Indianapolis-based OB-GYN, will fill the position left vacant earlier this month when former health commissioner Jerome Adams became U.S. Surgeon General.

Indiana's Health Commissioner says the nations opioid epidemic will be a focus.

A recurring theme in Adams' testimony to the committee was the importance of scientifically-grounded evidence over political positions.

Indiana Health Commissioner Jerome Adams was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. Surgeon General.

During his tenure overseeing public health in Indiana, Adams supervised the roll-out of the needle exchange programs legalized in 2015.

The Indiana State Department of Health says flu cases are rising in many parts of the state and four Indiana residents have died of influenza since October.

The meeting drives speculation that Trump could appoint Adams to an open seat in his administration.

So far, eight restaurants in Marion, Hamilton, and Hendricks counties have received the recalled strawberries and served them within the last two weeks.

As Indiana government and health officials grapple with the state's ongoing drug abuse crisis, they say the problem begins and ends, in many ways, with the issue of stigma. And, it's an issue that can't be solved through a piece of legislative or administrative policy.