NOBLE COUNTY — Noble County Health Department has sent out an advisory regarding a neisseria meningitidis exposure in its county. Neisseria meningitidis is a type of bacterium that can cause meningitis. Officials from the health department report during the past weekend, a dialysis patient of the Kendallville outpatient dialysis unit has been diagnosed with neisseria …read more.

The first mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been documented by the Marion County Public Health Department. So far no human cases of the virus have been reported. The sample of mosquitoes that tested positive for the virus came from a surveillance trap located in Washington Township. Traps are currently located in areas throughout the …read more.

A deadly outbreak of dog flu has been spreading across the Midwest and state health officials have confirmed reports in Indiana. According to the Indiana State Board of Animal Health, there have been at least a dozen cases reported in northwest Indiana in the past week. The outbreak was first reported in Chicago and Wisconsin. …read more.

A deadline of Sept. 8 has come and gone and, as of Tuesday morning, 68 Wawasee High School seniors still had not received a booster of meningitis vaccine as required by state law. Myra Alexander, RN, school nurse for WHS, said Indiana Code 20-34-4-5 mandates a new requirement for the 2014-15 school year for high …read more.