>>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >>> COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," GREENWAYS ARE ONE PART OF BLOOMINGTON'S TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO CALM TRAFFIC AND MAKE STREETS SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.

>> IT IMPROVES WALKING AND BICYCLING BY PROVIDING THIS RELIABLE CORRIDOR FOR PEOPLE TO USE, WHERE THEY WILL FEEL SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE.

>> BUT SOME SAY THE CITY IS CREATING GREENWAYS WHERE THEY ARE NOT NEEDED.

>>> DOCTORS KNOW HOW TO TREAT ILLNESSES FROM TREAT BITES BUT NOT MUCH ABOUT THE ARACHNOIDS THAT ATTACH THEMSELVES TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.

>> THE GAP IS UNDERSTANDING WHERE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF TICKS OCCUR IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> PURDUE RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING TO EDUCATE DOCTORS ABOUT WHEN AND WHERE TICKS CAN BE MOST DANGEROUS.

>> AND WE TALK WITH AN EXPERT ABOUT WHAT MAY COME OVER THE NEAR TOTAL ABORTION BAN.

WE WILL HAVE THESE STORIES, PLUS THE LATEST NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

♪ >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

I'M JOE HREN.

THE FUTURE OF THE ABORTION RIGHTS IN INDIANA IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE'S FIVE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.

THE COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS THURSDAY IN A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING INDIANA'S NEAR TOTAL ABORTION BAN.

ABORTION CARE PROVIDERS WANT THE COURT TO FIND THAT THE INDIANA CONSTITUTION'S RIGHT TO LIBERTY INCLUDES A RIGHT TO ABORTION.

SOME OF THE JUSTICES, INCLUDING THE NEWEST, DEREK MOLTER, PUSHED BACK ON THAT, WONDERING IF SUCH A RULING WOULD BE TOO BROAD.

>> IS THERE A POINT IN THE PREGNANCY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS ALLOWED BY OUR CONSTITUTION TO TAKE AWAY THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE A PREGNANCY IF IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE LIFE OR THE HEALTH OF THE WOMAN?

>> THE PROVIDERS ARGUE INDIANA'S PREVIOUS LAW BANNING ABORTION AFTER 20 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

THE JUSTICES PUSHED BACK AGAINST SOME OF THE STATE'S ARGUMENTS TOO.

JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER PAVE FOCUSED ON ABORTION CLINICS CLOSING DOWN ENTIRELY, NOT EVEN ALLOWING THEM TO PERFORM ABORTIONS THAT REMAIN LEGAL.

>> THEY ARE SPECIALISTS IN THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE.

AND SO IF SOMEONE OF LIMITED MEANS WANTED TO GO AND HAVE ACCESS TO A PROCEDURE TO SAVE HER LIFE AND SHE COULDN'T, ISN'T THAT PROBLEMATIC?

>> THE COURT GAVE NO TIMETABLE FOR ITS RULING.

>>> WELL, WE ARE JOINED NOW BY JENNIFER DROBAC, A PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW, PROFESSOR.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THOSE SUING STATE SAYS THE LAW VIOLATES THE LIBERTY CLAUSE IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

IS THAT A VALID ARGUMENT?

>> YES, THAT'S A VALID ARGUMENT GIVEN THAT THE LIBERTY CLAUSE OF THE INDIANA CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN INTERPRETED MUCH MORE BROADLY THAN THE LIBERTY CLAUSE HAS RECENTLY BEEN INTERPRETED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

SO WE WILL SEE IF THE INDIANA SUPREME COURT CONTINUES WITH ITS BROAD INTERPRETATION OF THE LIBERTY/PRIVACY/AUTONOMY CLAUSE OF THE INDIANA CONSTITUTION.

>>> SO ABORTIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IN THE STATE, BUT IF THE LAW IS UPHELD, COULD THERE BE CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS?

>> YES.

THOSE WOULD KICK BACK INTO EFFECT, AND SO THE DECISION BY THE INDIANA SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY FOR DOCTORS WHO PRACTICE IN INDIANA, BUT FOR THEIR PATIENTS.

AND SO IF THE STAY IS LIFTED, THE LAW GOES BACK INTO EFFECT AND ABORTION FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, REALLY -- THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS, BUT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES IT WILL BE ILLEGAL IN INDIANA.

>>> THERE'S ALSO A CONCERN THAT THE LAW COULD LIMIT ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION.

THE FDA RECENTLY MADE ABORTION BILLS MORE READILY AVAILABLE.

SO HOW WILL THAT FACTOR INTO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE STATE?

>> AGAIN, I HATE TO BE SLIPPERY ON THIS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR BECAUSE WHILE THE FDA HAS CLARIFIED THAT ELECTRONIC ACCESS AND ACCESS THROUGH MAIL IS LEGAL, INDIANA HAS PROHIBITED THE PRACTICE OF TAKING THESE PILLS WHEN NOT IN THE PRESENCE OF A LICENSED PROVIDER, WHO IS GIVING THESE PILLS UNDER THE STRICTEST RULES.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THE RULE IN INDIANA WOULD BE USED, THE LAW IN INDIANA WOULD BE USED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO PROSECUTE EITHER DOCTORS THAT PRESCRIBE THEM WITHIN INDIANA OR WHETHER IT COULD REACH TO OTHER STATES.

NOW, ARGUABLY A DOCTOR IN ANOTHER STATE WHO DOES TELEMEDICINE WITH SOMEONE HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT CLEAR WHAT THE LEGALITY OF THIS IS.

IT'S ALSO NOT CLEAR HOW THE LAW WOULD BE ENFORCED.

WE WANT TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU CAN TAKE -- USE AN I.U.D., BUT THE I.U.D.

MIGHT INTERFERE WITH AN ESTABLISHED PREGNANCY, IN WHICH CASE IT'S AN ABORTION.

HOWEVER, I.U.D.s HAVE BEEN COMMONLY VIEWED AS BEING CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES.

SO THERE ARE ALSO PILLS LIKE PLAN B, WHICH ARE INTENDED TO BE CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS, BUT IF USED, THEY COULD ALSO WORK AS ABORTIVE PILLS.

SO THE QUESTION IS: SINCE WOMEN ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PROSECUTED, IF THEY ARE TAKING THESE DRUGS ON THEIR OWN, AS THEY WOULD BE PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR, UNDER THIS LAW, COULD THEY BE PROSECUTED?

I DON'T THINK SO.

BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE LEGAL ADVICE TO ANY WOMAN IN THIS STATE.

>> YEAH.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> ELIMINATING TEXTBOOK FEES FOR PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS AND SOME PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS IS PART OF GOVERNOR ERIC HOLCOMB'S PROPOSED $1.2 BILLION INCREASE IN EDUCATION FUNDING.

FEES CAN RANGE FROM $100 TO $250 PER STUDENT A YEAR, AND INCLUDE USE OF COMPUTERS, LAPTOPS AND ONLINE MATERIALS.

INDIANA IS ONE OF SEVEN STATES THAT CHARGE THESE CURRICULUM FEES AND THE STATE HAS DISCUSSED ELIMINATING THEM MANY TIMES IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

>> THIS IS A CONVERSATION FOR 20 YEARS.

PERHAPS WITH HIGH INFLATION, WITH RECORD STATE REVENUE, PERHAPS THIS WILL BE THE YEAR.

THIS WILL BE THE TIME FOR THEM TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

>> HOLCOMB'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ALSO CALLS FOR THE EXPANSION OF ON MY WAY PRE-K ELIGIBILITY, INCREASED TEACHER SALARIES AND INCENTIVES FOR LITERACY PROGRAMS.

>>> WHILE THE GOVERNOR IS PUSHING FOR MORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING A BILL THAT WOULD GREATLY EXPAND THE SCHOOL CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING'S VIOLET COMBER-WILEN REPORTS IT WOULD LET FAMILIES RECEIVE MOST OF THE STATE FUNDING LOCAL STATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILD.

>> CURRENTLY LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND CHOOSE TO LEAVE PUBLIC SCHOOL ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN AID UNDER A STATE PROGRAM.

THE MONEY CAN BE USED TO PAY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

THE PROPOSED BILL WOULD EXPAND THE ELIGIBILITY OF THIS PROGRAM TO ALL STUDENTS.

JENNY WHITTAKER TEACHES HIGH SCHOOL MATH.

SHE SAYS THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF FUNDING FOR THE BILL.

>> THE LACK OF STATE OVERSIGHT ON WHO CAN RECEIVE THIS NEWLY CREATED VOUCHER PUTS THE STATE IN A FINANCIAL RISK.

THERE ARE NO LIMITS ON WHO CAN RECEIVE THESE VOUCHERS.

>> OTHERS TESTIFYING FOR THE BILL ARGUE THE EXPANSION WILL GIVE FAMILIES MORE CHOICES IN HOW THEY EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN.

>> ALL TRANSACTIONS ARE VIEWED AND REPORTED IN REALTIME, AND WE HAVE EXTENSIVE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR TAX DOLLARS AND TO PROTECT OUR E.S.A.

FAMILIES.

>> FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M VIOLET COMBER-WILEN.

>>> BLOOMINGTON'S TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2019, AND INCLUDES MORE THAN 30 PROJECTS RANGING FROM CORRIDOR STUDIES AND MULTIUSE PATHWAYS TO GREENWAYS.

ONE UNDERWAY IS THE HAWTHORNE GREENWAY.

BENTE BOUTHIER HAS THIS STORY.

>> THE AWE THORNE WEATHERSTONE GREENWAY IS ONE OF THE NINE GREENWAY PROJECTS IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND CURRENTLY OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ITS MEANT TO CREATE A SAFER NORTH-SOUTH CONNECTION BETWEEN I.U.

CAMPUS AND NEIGHBORHOODS BY HILLSIDE.

THE GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE TO DRIVE AROUND 15 MILES PER HOUR IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE CITY HAS HELD THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE PROJECT, THE LATEST ONE WAS IN DECEMBER, WHEN WEATHERSTONE RESIDENT, JEREMY SIEK SPOKE.

SIEK SAYS HIS FAMILY HAS BENEFITED FROM OTHER GREENWAYS IN THE AREA.

>> WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD NO THIS HAWTHORNE GREENWAY.

IT WILL BE A FANTASTIC WAY FOR KIDS TO GET TO CAMPUS.

AND WHAT I'M REALLY APPRECIATING ABOUT IT IS THAT I WILL FEEL A LOT SAFER ABOUT MY KIDS WALKING OR BIKING TO CAMPUS ALONG THIS GREENWAY.

>> THE PHILLIPS LIVES ON AWE THORNE FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS AND QUESTIONS THE NEED FOR THE PROJECT.

HE SAYS THERE'S NOT MUCH BIKE OR CAR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.

JUST PEOPLE MOSTLY WALKING DOGS.

HE'S OKAY TO ADD A PLAN TO ADD A PATHWAY ON THE GREENWAY'S SOUTH SIDE.

>> GO AHEAD AND PUT THE THING AT THE END, BUT DON'T DO MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION AND BUMP OUTS AND THINGS.

>> BETH ROSENBARGER, THE CITY'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION, SAYS SHE DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR AN ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN TO WALK OR BIKE IN THE AREA.

BECAUSE IT'S RELATIVELY LOW VOLUME, IT MAKES IT A GOOD OPTION FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY.

>> IT DOESN'T IMPACT DRIVING A LOT, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT IMPROVES WALKING AND BICYCLING FOR SURE.

SO IT IMPROVES WALKING AND BICYCLING BY PROVIDING THIS RELIABLE CORRIDOR FOR PEOPLE TO USE, WHERE THEY WILL FEEL SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE, AND THEY WILL OBJECTIVELY BE SAFER USING THAT.

>> WE ASKED ROSENBARGER TO JOIN US ON EAST ELLEN STREET TO EXPLAIN HOW SOME ALREADY EXISTING TRAFFIC CALMING STRUCTURES FUNCTION.

SHE SAYS THEY HELP CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE NETWORK.

>> THEY ARE SORT OF A TOOL.

PEOPLE TEND TO FUNNEL TOWARDS THEM AND USE THEM TO MAKE MAJOR CONNECTIONS ACROSS TOWN.

>> THERE'S EVIDENCE TO BACK UP ITS POTENTIAL BENEFITS.

BEFORE A GREENWAY WAS INSTALLED ON EAST ELLEN STREET, ABOUT 35% OF VEHICLES DROVE 15 MILES PER HOUR.

AFTER A GREENWAY WAS INSTALLED, THAT JUMPED TO 77%.

BIKE RIDERSHIP INCREASED TOO.

MICHAEL BURAYIDI SAYS COMMUNITY BUY-IN ON A PROJECT CAN TAKE TIME THAT PLANNERS AND POLITICIANS DON'T ALWAYS HAVE WHICH CREATES FRICTION.

GREENWAYS ARE A TOOL THAT'S HERE TO STAY BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL NEED.

>> THE CITIES ARE TRYING TO ADOPT WAYS THAT WILL DECREASE THE GREENHOUSE IMPACT THAT WE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO.

AND SO THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND PLANNING THAT IS IMPLEMENTED IS ONE WAY TO EFFECT OUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> THIS GREENWAY IS NOT SET IN STONE.

THE PROCESS FOR APPROVING TRANSIT PROJECTS IS UNDER REVISION, IN THE PLANNING AND THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT IS STILL REVIEWING FEEDBACK.

SENTENCES WHEN HE ATTENDED THE PUBLIC ON THE PROJECT IT SOUNDED AS IF THE PLAN WAS FINAL.

HE WISHES THE CITY HAD SPOKEN TO PEOPLE IN THE AREA BEFORE HOLDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

>> THEY REALLY SHOULD TALK TO PEOPLE BEFORE THEY DO MAJOR PLANS.

>> BUT HE ACKNOWLEDGES THEY DID TAKE SOME FEEDBACK, REMOVING CURB BUDGET.

OUT -- CURB BUMPS OUT IN SOME AREAS.

>> THERE'S THE BEE LINE CONNECTION IN WEST ELLEN GREENWAYS SET FOR CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M BENTE BOUTHIER.

>> ROSENBARGER SAYS CREATING GREENWAYS IS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN SIDEWALKS.

THE GREENWAY WOULD COST BETWEEN $200,000 AND $400,000 WHILE SIDEWALKS COST $2 MILLION PER MILE.

>>> BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCILMEMBERS POSTPONED A VOTE ON THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO RELOCATE THE CITY'S POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO THE SHOWERS BUILDING FOR AT LEAST A WEEK.

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD MOVE THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS OR INVEST IN EXPANSION AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATIONS.

THE POLICE UNION OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSES THE PROPOSED MOVE TO CITY HALL.

>> IF WE GO AGAINST THEIR BEST INSTINCTS AND THEIR COMMON SENSE, AND SAY WE DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT YOU SAY, WE THINK YOU ARE GOING TO BE BETTER OFF HERE.

WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER OFF FOR COMMUNITY.

SO LET'S JUST MOVE YOU BACK HERE AGAINST THEIR WILL, I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL THAT'S GOING TO GO FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

>> COUNCILWOMAN ISABEL PIEDMONT-SMITH SAYS IT COULD BE BENEFICIAL TO MOVE POLICE CLOSER TO OTHER CITY ACCIDENTS.

-- CITY DEPARTMENTS.

>> EVEN IF IT IS LESS EXPENSIVE TO RENOVATE THE CURRENT BPD STATION, THAT'S NOT MY ONLY CONSIDERATION HERE.

I WANT TO LOOK TO THE LONG TERM.

>> COUNCILMEMBERS PLAN TO PUT THE PROPOSAL UP TO A VOTE AGAIN DURING THEIR NEXT REGULAR SESSION ON WEDNESDAY.

>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," INDIANA UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS ARE USING UPROOTED TREES TO STUDY EXTREME WIND AND ITS IMPACT ON FOREST EVOLUTION.

>>> AND A PURDUE SURVEY SHOWS DOCTORS IN THE STATE KNOW HOW TO TREAT ILLNESSES FROM TICKS BUT NOT ABOUT THE ARACHNOIDS THEMSELVES.

>> THESE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

RECORDING EXTREME WIND TEMPERATURES CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR SCIENTISTS BUT UPROOTEDS SERVE AS A SURPRISINGLY HELPFUL SIGN OF EXTREME WIND AND HOW IT CAN AFFECT FOREST EVOLUTION.

>> IF YOU COME ACROSS FALLEN TREES WITH DISPLACED ROOTS STICKING OUT ON YOUR HIKES IN INDIANA, A NEW STUDY SAYS IT'S A SIGN OF EXTREME WIND EVENTS.

STUDY AUTHOR BRIAN YANITES SAYS INDIANA UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS USE LIDAR SURVEYS WHICH INVOLVES PUTTING A HIGH-TECH INSTRUMENT ON DRONES FLOWN OVER 1,400 HILL SLOPES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.

>> WE CAN SEE TREE THROW OR WIND THROW, THESE UPROOTED TREES IN THE LANDSCAPE.

LET'S START USING THIS TOOL AND SEE IF WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING UP.

>> KNOWN AS WIND THROWS, WIND TOPPLED TREES AFFECT THE FOREST STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION.

STUDY AUTHOR SAYS TYLER DONATES A REVIEW OF INITIAL DATA SHOWS MOUNDS ON HILLTOPS WHICH SHOWS HOW OFTEN EXTREME WIND EVENTS OCCUR.

>> WHEN YOU ARE WALKING IN THE AND YOU SEE ONE OF THESE COUPLETS YOU CAN RECORD IT AS SOME RECORD OF AN EXTREME EVENT WHICH I THINK AT LEAST TO ME AND I HOPE TO MANY OTHERS THAT IT'S AN IDEA THAT WILL SORT OF DRIVE CURIOSITY.

>> THE ABILITY OF FORESTS TO ABSORB CARBON IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN OFFSETTING CLIMATE CHANGE.

WHILE IT IS HARD TO DETERMINE IF CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CAUSE MORE OR LESS EXTREME WINDS, IT ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF COMPLEXITY TO OBSERVING WIND THROWS IN THE FUTURE.

>> UNDERSTANDING THAT TIME SCALE OF HOW THESE NATURAL SYSTEMS EVOLVE AND EMERGE OVER ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS HAPPENING ON EARTH'S SURFACE IS JUST REALLY SORT OF HELPS US OPEN OUR EYES AND REALIZE HOW PRECIOUS THE ENVIRONMENT REALLY IS.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M KAIAN TARA.

>>> YANITES SAYS USING THIS NEW FRAMEWORK CAN HELP TO ANSWER OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS REGARDING FOREST'S SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN ABSORBING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON.

>>> TICKS ARE ON THE MOVE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES CAN CREATE MORE PLACES TO THRIVE IN INDIANA AND GIVE THEM TO MORE TIME TO BREED.

THIS COULD LEAD TO MORE TICK BORNE ILLNESSES IN THE FUTURE.

WITHOUT GOOD DATA AND COMMUNICATION, MANY OF THESE DISEASES COULD GO UNNOTICED.

>> OH, I BROUGHT OUT SOME OF MY MEDICATIONS THAT ID TO HAVE TO TAKE FOR LYME DISEASE.

>> MICHELLE RAWLINGS REMEMBERS GETTING BIT BY A DEER TIC IN TICK IN MASSACHUSETTS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO.

>> I HAD A STIFF NECK AND MY SHOULDERS HURT AND THERE WAS PAIN RADIATING DOWN MY SHOULDERS.

>> SHE SUSPECTED IT WAS LYME DISEASE BUT IT TOOK NUMEROUS VISITS TO GET A DIAGNOSIS.

SHE DEVELOPED SWELLING IN HER KNEE AND WENT TO HER DOCTOR.

>> AND I SAID THIS LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE LYME DISEASE.

I HAD IT BEFORE AND I GOT IT BACK AGAIN.

AND I SAID, I THINK I KNOW EXACTLY HOW I CAUGHT IT.

AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID, OH, NO, YOU CAN'T CATCH THAT TWICE.

>> BUT RAWLINGS DID TEST POSITIVE FOR LYME DISEASE WITH ANOTHER DOCTOR, AFTER HER'S WOULDN'T ADMINISTER THE TEST.

WHY DON'T MANY DOCTORS KNOW MORE ABOUT TICK DISEASES?

A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH A LACK OF INFORMATION AND THE TRICKY NATURE OF TICK BORNE ILLNESSES.

>> IF YOU GET BIT ON YOUR SCALP OR THE BACK OF YOUR LEG OR YOU GET BIT SOMEWHERE, WHERE YOU DON'T SEE A RASH, COULD YOU HAVE HAD A BULL'S-EYE RASH BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT HAPPENED.

>> THIS DOCTOR TREATS PEOPLE WITH TICK DISEASE IN ZIONSVILLE.

>> I HAD TWO DAYS WHERE I LITERALLY COULDN'T GO IN TO WORK AT ALL.

>> OKAY.

>> DR. LENTZ SAYS PART OF THE PROBLEM IS HOW CASES OF LYME DISEASE ARE COUNTED.

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION REQUIRES A POSITIVE TEST AND CERTAIN SYMPTOMS.

BUT LYME DISEASE DOESN'T PRESENT THE SAME WAY IN EACH PATIENT.

YOU MIGHT HAVE ANY COMBINATION OF FLULIKE SYMPTOMS A BULL'S-EYE RASH OR HEART AND NERVOUS SYSTEM ISSUES AND THE ANTIBODY TEST CAN COME UP WITH A FALSE POSITIVE OR A FALSE NEGATIVE.

IN THE PATIENT HAS THE RIGHT SYMPTOMS, THE DOCTOR MIGHT NOT TEST AT ALL.

SOME DISEASES DO NOT TEST AT ALL.

>> WE USUALLY DON'T DO A BLOOD TEST EARLY ON.

WE TREAT THEM FOR PRESUMED LYME DISEASE.

>> ALL THIS MEANS IS THERE'S A BIG LACK OF DATA OUT THERE.

AND WITHOUT DATA AND INFORMATION, DOCTORS CAN'T MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS FOR THEIR PATIENTS.

>> BUT INDIANA RESEARCHERS ARE TRYING TO HELP.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME ARE ALL WORKING TO TRACK HOW TICKS AND THEIR DISEASES MOVE ACROSS THE STATE.

PURDUE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER MARIA MURGIA PLACES A FEMALE DEER TICK UNDER A MICROSCOPE.

>> YOU HAVE A HARD PART AND THIS DOESN'T HAVE THIS ALL THE WAY AND WHEN SHE FEEDS, SHE CAN GROW AND ENLARGE.

>> THERE'S THREE MAIN TICKS IN INDIANA.

THE DEER TICK, THE AMERICAN DOG TICK AND THE LONE STAR STICK.

AND THEIR TERRITORIES OVERLAP.

AND NEW TICKS ARE MOVING.

IN THE GULF COAST TICK HAS BEEN INVOLVED.

>> INCLUDING TO KENTUCKY JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND SO WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IT COULD MOVE INTO THE STATE, AND POTENTIALLY BECOME ESTABLISHED IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.

WHAT WE DON'T NOW IS WHAT IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT IF ANYTHING TO HUMANS.

>> LAST YEAR, PURDUE SURVEYED DOCTORS ABOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF TICKS AND TICK BORNE DISEASES.

THEY FOUND THEY KNEW HOW TO TREAT THE ILLNESSES BUT NOT THE TICKS THEMSELVES.

>> THE GAP IS REALLY AN UNDERSTANDING WHERE TICK -- WHERE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF TICKS OCCUR IN THE UNITED STATES, SO WHERE THEY ARE MOST PREVALENT.

WHEN THEY BECOME ACTIVE, AND WHERE THE HIGH-RISK PLACES AND TIMES OF THE YEAR ARE FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.

>> FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO FIND A TICK ON YOU IN THE SUMMER BUT TICKS ARE ACTIVE IN COLDER MONTHS.

>> I WALKED THE DOG AT A PARK, AND I HAVE -- IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS I RECOVERED EIGHT DEER TICKS, ADULT DEER TICKS FROM THE DOG.

>> HILL SAYS PURDUE DOES WHAT IT CAN TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT BUT IT'S HARD TO REACH DOCTORS.

DR. JOHN CHRISTIANSON IS AN ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT REILLY'S CHILDREN'S HEALTH IN INDIANAPOLIS AND TEACHES AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

HE SAYS HE DOES GET NOTICES ABOUT NEW TICKS BUT IT DOESN'T TETSET OFF ALARM BELLS FOR HIM.

>> MOST PRACTITIONERS WILL SAY THAT'S NICE BUT AS THE INTRODUCKORS OF THOSE VECTORS, HAS IT LED TO AN INFECTION, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WILL LIKELY HEAR FROM THEIR STATE OR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

>> MOST PEOPLE WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THE COMMUNICATIONS COMING FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

IT MAY BE COMING FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR IT MAY BE COMING FROM THE COUNTY WHERE THEY LIVE.

>> HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE OFTEN THE ONLY WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN DOCTORS AND TICK RESEARCHERS.

THAT COMMUNICATION AND GOOD DATA COULD BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER AS MORE TICKS AND THEIR DISEASES FIND THEIR WAY INTO INDIANA.

>> MICHELLE RAWLINGS HOSTS MORE DOCTORS WILL LEARN ABOUT TICK DISEASES.

>> I'M REALLY WANTING TO EDUCATE DOCTORS.

DON'T MAKE THIS MISTAKE.

IF YOU SEE SOMEONE IN YOUR OFFICE THAT HAVE THESE KINDS OF SYMPTOMS, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY TEST FOR LYME DISEASE AND SUSPECT THAT THIS COULD BE LYME DISEASE.

I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.

>> FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M REBECCA THIELE.

>>> A PURDUE UNIVERSITY STUDY ESTIMATES HORSE RACING IS A NEARLY $2 BILLION INDUSTRY THAT TOUCHES EVERY COUNTY OF INDIANA.

THE REVENUE HAS DOUBLED IN THE LAST DECADE THIS YEAR, INDIANA WILL HOST THE BREEDERS CROWN FOR ITS THIRD TIME.

>> THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE THING FOR INDIANA TO LOOK AT, THAT WE ARE -- WE HAVE SUCH A NATIONAL MARK THAT WE CAN HOST THOSE PRESTIGIOUS RACES HERE.

>> WHILE HORSE RACING HAS BEEN INCLUDED AT THE COUNTY FAIR LEVEL IN INDIANA SINCE IN THE LATE 1800s.

A KEY PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN 2008, PROMPTED EXPANSION TO ALLOW RACETRACK CASINOS TO FUNNEL A PORTION OF THEIR MONEY TO THE INDUSTRY.

>> AND TERI MOREN BECAME THE WINNINGEST HEAD COACH IN PROGRAM HISTORY THE HOOSIERS WON AT ILLINOIS.

MOREN PASSED JIM IZARD WHO COACHED 12 SEASONS.

MOREN GIVES ALL THE CREDIT TO HER PLAYERS AND STAFF, SHE SAYS SHE SOON FORGET THE MILESTONE.

>> IT'S A GREAT MILESTONE.

I'M GRATEFUL WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT TONIGHT WITH THIS GROUP.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE SNAPSHOT MOMENTS, THOSE PICTURES, RIGHT THAT YOU TAKE IN YOUR MIND AND YOU'LL REMEMBER IT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

>> I.U.

IS NOW 17-1 OVERALL.

7-1 IN THE BIG TEN.

THE HOOSIERS NEXT PLAY MONDAY NIGHT AT MICHIGAN.

>>> WELL, THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT WTIUNEWS.ORG.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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