Indiana is getting more people with mental health and substance use disorders connected with peer supports trained professionals who have personal experience with those challenges.

Communities across the Midwest have been devastated by the opioid epidemic. But there's still a lot of misunderstanding about how opioids affect our bodies. A new Indiana State Museum exhibit is tackling this issue.

A wide range of healthcare issues drew headlines in 2019, affecting the lives of millions of Americans. Here are some highlights from Side Effects Public Media's coverage across the Midwest.

Indiana was awarded $5.2 million to help pregnant and postpartum women with opioid addictions.

Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush co-chairs the group and says it was created in response to the growing number of court cases related to substance abuse.

The 7,000-square-foot exhibition will contain multimedia displays, hands-on installations and interactive artwork to provide information on opioid addiction and treatment.

State funding, amounting to $1.5 million, will go to establish networks of care among existing providers in Indianapolis, Merrillville and Lawrenceburg.

Communities in southeast Indiana will receive more than $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to get recovering opioid users back into the workforce.

New research suggests underlying social issues -- like incarceration and household income -- are linked to overdose deaths.

The federal government granted states a total of $11 billion in 2017-2018. Indiana received $158 million of that money.