The head of the nation's top public health agency announced Wednesday a shake-up of the organization, saying it fell short responding to COVID-19 and needs to become more nimble.
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AP Health Care and Medicine Aug. 17, 2022 2:53 pm
The head of the nation's top public health agency announced Wednesday a shake-up of the organization, saying it fell short responding to COVID-19 and needs to become more nimble.
Gage Miskimen Health Care and Medicine Aug. 17, 2022 5:34 pm
Number of new virus cases decreases 13% in past seven days
Higher Ed Aug. 17, 2022 6:00 am
Well before University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics erects a new inpatient tower as part of a 10-year master plan, it is looking to spend $95 million adding two floors onto its existing inpatient tower.
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 16, 2022 3:47 pm
Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday.
By Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 15, 2022 6:00 am
An Eastern Iowa hospital has been cited by the state for hiring, without a full background check, a nurse who was later fired for the suspected theft of opioid narcotics.
Government & Politics Aug. 14, 2022 6:00 am
Insulin has become the poster-child drug when it comes to the debate over controlling skyrocketing drug prices and life-or-death stakes.
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 13, 2022 12:34 pm
The first vaccination clinics for monkeypox will be held at LGBTQ bars in Linn and Johnson counties.
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 12, 2022 5:00 pm
The Iowa Cannabis Company expects to spend $10 million to adapt a 120,000-square-foot warehouse at 2727 S. Scott Blvd. to grow marijuana plants and produce products for Iowa’s medical marijuana program.
News Aug. 10, 2022 2:40 pm
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Iowa increased for the second week in a row, while the number of new virus cases continued to decrease.
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 8, 2022 7:22 pm
Lyme is a growing problem, with cases rising and warming weather helping ticks expand their habitat. In Iowa, the number of confirmed and suspected cases has been ticking upward.
Community Aug. 8, 2022 8:56 am
Eight area nonprofits received a total of $150,000 from Mercy’s new Health Equity Fund
By Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 7, 2022 8:31 pm
The 125-bed Touchstone Healthcare Community in Sioux City was added July 27 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ list of care facilities eligible for designation as a Special-Focus Facility List.
Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 6, 2022 6:00 am
As Iowa grapples with a dramatic increase in overdose deaths involving fentanyl, some experts and activists say the best-proven solutions are currently criminalized in the state.
Higher Ed Aug. 5, 2022 10:46 am
Among four proposals Mercy Iowa City entertained last year in its search for a new partner was one from University of Iowa Health Care offering more than $605 million to take ownership of the community hospital and make it the “centerpiece” of a new UIHC “community division.”