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COLUMN: Hobby Lobby negative court decision could harm HIV-positive

In the aftermath of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, things may be looking ominous for Americans seeking HIV medication who have intolerant religious employers. 

Column: Everyone should run a Tough Mudder

I know what you're thinking: a 10.3-mile obstacle course, an ice water plunge, a mild form of tear gas and a mad dash through 10,000-volt dangling wires?

Editorial: An outbreak of ignorance and chlamydia

A high school in Texas that preaches abstinence-only sex education has found itself with a chlamydia outbreak so severe, warning notes were sent home to inform parents about the disease’s proliferation. As of Tuesday, officials in Crane Independent School District have reported 20 confirmed cases, which amounts to about 1 in 15 students.

Internet increasingly serves as means to buy prescription drugs

The Internet is increasingly becoming a source for people to buy prescription drugs without the proper paperwork, according to a poll commissioned by the Digital Citizens Alliance and conducted by Zogby Analytics.

Synthetic marijuana substances banned

The Indiana Board of Pharmacy has placed bans on four substances commonly found in synthetic marijuana.

Medicaid to stop covering early elective childbirths

Indiana Medicaid will no longer pay for elective childbirths earlier than 39 weeks gestation to improve infant mortality rates and newborn health.

MERS patient in good health

A patient who contracted the MERS-CoV virus is in good condition and will soon be released from Community Hospital in Munster, Ind.

Infected Indiana patient improving

The patient was diagnosed earlier this week in the Community Hospital in Munster, Ind., and health care officials said no new cases have been reported since, according to an Indy Star article.

Indiana funds sexual assault study

Eighty-five percent of rape victims are under the age of 30, and 44 percent of those are under the age of 18.

$13.4 million rehab facility to be constructed

Construction of a new $13.4 million rehab facility will begin this May in west Bloomington.

ISP to collect, dispose of prescription medications

The Indiana State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration will provide the opportunity to dispose of medications 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at any State Police Post in Indiana.

What you need to know about sexual assault

The week of Little 500 is known as a “reproducible mass disaster” at the IU Health Bloomington Hospital Emergency Department.

Task force implements new prescription rules

A workshop Friday at IU Health Bloomington helped physicians adjust to new state rules for prescribing addictive pain medication.

Indianapolis ranked worst in nation for access to fresh food

Indianapolis has been ranked the worst city in the country in terms of access to healthy food by a recent Walk Score report.

Indiana health care open enrollment deadline nears

Hoosiers have fewer than six weeks until open enrollment closes for 2014 through the Indiana Health Insurance Marketplace.

IU Health, UnitedHealthcare reach agreement

IU Health and UnitedHealthcare's new two-year contract agreement, which is retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year, returns official in-network coverage that expired last December to an estimated 400,000 UnitedHealthcare patients.

Local hockey player dies after collapsing at ice rink

IU men’s hockey Coach Pete Nelson said the man’s name was Michael Giesler.The cause of death is not yet clear.

Construction worker falls from building, survives

The Bloomington Police Department responded to a report that a construction worker had fallen from a building.

Construction worker falls from building, survives

Indiana among lowest 10 in emergency preparedness

Indiana is ranked in the bottom 10 states for emergency medicine preparedness, according to a report from the American College of Emergency Physicians.