Retreating in the face of a political uproar, President Barack Obama today will announce that religious employers will not have to cover birth control for their employees after all, The Associated Press has learned.

February 10, 2012  

State health officials have confirmed two cases of measles in Hamilton County and have identified an additional two probable measles cases in Boone County.

February 8, 2012  

In recognition of American Heart Month, Planned Parenthood of Indiana will offer free cholesterol testing to patients at 19 health centers across the state from Feb. 13-18.

February 8, 2012  

The peak of flu season has arrived and will last until mid- to late March; however, influenza tends to spike during the month of February.

February 8, 2012  

The nonprofit Maple Center for Integrative Health will offer therapeutic yoga classes starting Feb. 18.

February 8, 2012  

Visiting Angels announced that it has been recognized with Home Care Pulse’s “Best of Home Care” distinction. Awarded to the top 25 percent of agencies nationwide in client and employee satisfaction scores from Home Care Pulse, the senior care provider, located in Greencastle, is now ranked among a select few of the best agencies in the country.

February 8, 2012  

The Essence of Red Heart, Mind and Moxie, an event to support heart health in the Wabash Valley, is Feb. 24 at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Student Union.

February 8, 2012  

February 8, 2012  

Researchers who dragged sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map pinpointing the highest-risk areas for Lyme disease.

February 3, 2012  

Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 percent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age.

February 2, 2012  

Senior Education Ministries, Inc. has scheduled Rise and Shine Dine with a Doc from 8 to 10  a.m. Feb. 10 at the Wabash Senior Citizen’s Center at 300 S. Fifth St. in Terre Haute.

February 1, 2012  

Clark County Park District Trails Coalition’s fundraising spring 5k and biathlon — a 3.1-mile run and 15-mile bike ride — is planned for April 21 in Mill Creek Park in Marshall, Ill. The event will also feature a 1-mile fun run/walk.

February 1, 2012  

Indiana Blood Center hosts hundreds of blood drives each month. Below are locations, dates and times of blood drives open to the community by county for the month of February 2012.

February 1, 2012  

The Purdue Extension-Vermillion/Parke County Offices are offering Dining with Diabetes sessions from 9 to 11 a.m. beginning Feb. 27 at the Parke County Extension Office, Rockville. The program will run through March 19.

February 1, 2012  

People On Wheels’ Ms. Wheelchair Indiana Pageant is now accepting entries for its 2012 program.

February 1, 2012  

The American Red Cross wants you — to volunteer your time and help the community.
Disaster volunteers serve on local, community focused response teams that meet with clients and serve their emergency needs 24 hours a day.

February 1, 2012  

The Green Corps is working in cooperation with Exceptional Living Center of Brazil, a not-for-profit organization, to provide a drop-off center for the recycling of eyeglasses and hearing aids.

February 1, 2012  

February 1, 2012  

Most parents assume their infant can hear, “I love you,” along with all the other sounds that fill a child’s life — music, birds singing, and the whispers of a caring grandparent. But many children cannot hear all of those sounds.

January 25, 2012  

Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Ill., will offer a sanitation and safety class, and sanitation refresher course (RST 1601) beginning Feb. 1.

January 25, 2012  

The Paris Community Hospital Laboratory recently received national recognition for its quality of service and commitment to excellence.

January 25, 2012  

The nonprofit Maple Center for Integrative Health announces the 2012 spring schedule for the Complete Health Improvement Program.

January 25, 2012  

Planned Parenthood of Indiana will offer new hours of service for its Terre Haute health center.

January 25, 2012  

Eleven-year-old Trenton Williams has a long history with Riley Hospital for Children.
In 2004, he underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. By 2006, the tumor had grown back, and Williams faced 11⁄2 years of weekly chemotherapy treatment at Riley.
Today, the healthy, Rio Grande Elementary fifth-grader loves to give back to the hospital that saved his life.

January 19, 2012 1 Photo  

While conducting research on cancer, Swapan Ghosh and a team of graduate and doctoral students discovered a phytol-derived adjuvant. That adjuvant formula just became U.S. Patent No. 8,088,395.

January 18, 2012  

Senior Education Ministries Inc. has scheduled Dine with a Doc from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Wabash Senior Citizen’s Center at 300 S. Fifth St. in Terre Haute.

January 18, 2012  

The Board of Directors of the nonprofit Maple Center for Integrative Health invites supporters and all who are interested in integrative/holistic community health education programs and clinical services to attend the annual board meeting and dinner Feb. 7. The event is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at First Financial Conference Center, 4353 S. Seventh St., Terre Haute.

January 18, 2012  

The Clark County (Ill.) Park District Trails Coalition is planning a free winter blues bike ride — iCYCLE — for Feb. 25.

January 18, 2012  

Union Hospital is calling on members of the Wabash Valley community to consider donating blood with Indiana Blood Center to ensure stable blood supplies for its patients.

January 11, 2012  

“Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: The Basics,” a free workshop on Alzheimer’s disease, will be conducted from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Rockville Public Library.

January 11, 2012