When Xiulin Ruan, a professor of mechanical engineering at the school, and his graduate students began working on this project seven years ago, they didn’t set out to invent a new paint color.

This year, 25 percent fewer teens reported using marijuana, alcohol or nicotine in the past year compared to 2020. Its the largest year to year drop in teen substance use in the 46 years the survey has been conducted.

Not a single scientific or health authority in the U.S. recommends the use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19. Still, some Americans see the unproven drug as a way out of the pandemic.

A federal study estimates the COVID-19 vaccine prevented 1,300 deaths in Indiana during the first five months of this year.

The U.S. saw more than 400,000 extra deaths in 2020 compared to the previous two years. Much of this excess death was caused by COVID-19. But new research from the University of Notre Dame suggests that around 15 percent of these deaths are not directly related to the virus.

A new study from Butler University shows the benefits of hiring workers who have a criminal history.

The gap in life expectancy between different zip codes in the Indianapolis metro area is nearly 17 years, according to a new study by Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public health and SAVI, a community data center based at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

Administrative burdens — like haggling with insurers over payments — cut into the already low reimbursement rates Medicaid provides doctors for services. This can disincentivize doctors from accepting Medicaid, according to a new working paper from the University of Chicago.

A new study at the Indiana University School of Medicine hopes to find out how immunity to COVID-19 develops and changes over time.

Researchers will spend the summer conducting interviews and focus groups with city officials, business and nonprofit leaders, and community members to try to find out how the Council is doing.