Category Health

IHC Logansport is now offering walk-in hours at their medical facility located in Logansport. IHC Logansport is offering pediatrics walk-in hours every Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. with Dr. Olga Ochoa. They also offer all-ages walk-in hours on Thursdays from 8…

Logansport Memorial Hospital’s Family Birth Center has been recognized by the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) and the Indiana State Department of Health for achievingone of the highest reported rates in the state for its work to protect newborns from hepatitis…

INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) is reporting two more Hoosiers have died of severe lung injuries linked to a history of e-cigarette use, or “vaping.” This brings the total number of vaping-related deaths in Indiana to three since…

INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) is encouraging Hoosiers to get vaccinated against influenza soon as cases of the flu begin emerging across the state. “Although we can’t predict how severe our flu season will be, we are already…

INDIANAPOLIS—State health officials are urging Indiana residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites in response to the detection of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus activity in northern Indiana. Since mid-August of this year, three horses and one group of mosquitoes…

INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) has confirmed the first death of an Indiana resident due to severe lung injury linked to a history of e-cigarette use or “vaping.” The death, which occurred in an individual older than age…

FORT WAYNE — The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) held the first of a series of community road shows today at Ivy Tech Community College to discuss Indiana’s new OB Navigator Program, which is aimed at reducing the state’s…

INDIANAPOLIS—State health officials have confirmed the presence of West Nile virus in mosquitoes in two counties and are urging Hoosiers to take steps to protect themselves from the insects and the diseases they can carry. As of July 1, mosquitoes…

SOURCE: News release from Logansport Memorial Hospital Millions of people throughout the U.S. are suffering every day from an epidemic that’s only expected to grow over the next decade. This problem drastically affects people by diminishing their overall quality of…

INDIANAPOLIS―State Health Commissioner Kris Box, MD, FACOG, today issued a statewide standing order to make it easier for Indiana adults to get vaccinated against measles, a highly infectious disease that has sickened more than 700 people in 22 states this…

Logansport Memorial Hospital (LMH), a not-for-profit regional medical center in north central Indiana, has teamed up with Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to transform its electronic health record (EHR). LMH will also put in place solutions that…

INDIANAPOLIS―The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) MOMS Helpline has launched a new texting service to better link Hoosier mothers to services available in their communities and improve the health of women and their babies. This new channel of communication…