Articles tagged as: Scott County
April 9, 2018
Austin Finalist In Competition For Baseball Field Makeover
The small town Indiana town, once in the national spotlight because of an HIV outbreak, is hoping to hit a home run in a national competition for a baseball field makeover.
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2018
Viral Maps Show Exactly How Scott County's HIV Outbreak Spread
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used a novel disease-mapping method to study how the 2015 HIV outbreak was transmitted.
Read MoreOctober 31, 2017
Scott Co. Doctor: Syringe Exchanges Shouldn't Be Politicized
Scott County opened the state's first syringe exchange program in 2015 after then-Governor Mike Pence declared a public health emergency.
Read MoreJune 7, 2017
Holcomb Seeks Federal Disaster Loans For 9 Counties
The governor is asking the U.S. Small Business Administration for disaster loans that could help recovery from flooding that started in late May.
Read MoreMarch 29, 2017
Little Change Seen In County Health Rankings
Hamilton County lands on the top and Scott County on the bottom of health outcomes. The report also highlights a rise in premature deaths due to opioids.
Read MoreJuly 19, 2016
Indiana Warns Elderly, Children Of Poor Air Quality
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management issued an ozone advisory for Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Scott, and Washington counties because of ozone levels that are forecast to be high.
Read MoreApril 20, 2016
Scott County Asking State To Continue Needle Exchange
People packed into a small meeting room Wednesday as the Scott County Commissioners considered whether to approve the health board's request to continue the program.
Read MoreApril 5, 2016
A Year After Indiana's Historic HIV Outbreak, Addiction Treatment Lags
Since the beginning of last year, only 69 Scott County residents have gone into the inpatient rehab program run by the community mental health center, and that includes the people who didn't finish.
Read MoreMarch 31, 2016
Inside A Small Brick House At The Heart Of Indiana's Opioid Crisis
Prescription painkiller abuse sparked an HIV outbreak in rural Indiana. Kelly McEvers takes NPR's new podcast, Embedded, inside the home where IV drug users meet.
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2016
Four New Cases Diagnosed In HIV Outbreak
The Indiana State Department of Health says they've diagnosed four new cases of HIV linked to the Scott County outbreak, bringing the total number of people affected to 188.
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