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Responsibility in Bondurant death goes beyond direct staff, one says
The new numbers mean that cases are down for the fourth consecutive week.
Many of the remaining residents of such places have lived there for decades, leaving their families with wrenching choices when closures loom.
Two Iowa nursing home patients froze to death outside this past winter. A nurse at one home faces no criminal charges, but a worker at another faces a second-degree murder charge.
57 deaths reported in past week, more than double last week’s total
His Hands Free Clinic in Cedar Rapids announced Tuesday the conclusion of its “Great Need. Great Care” fundraising campaign, which raised $1.82 million to help the clinic expand its services in a new location.
Iowa does not include subsequent COVID-19 infections of the same person in the number of newly confirmed cases it reports to federal health officials or in the weekly case updates on its website, even though other states do.
26 new deaths brought the total number of Iowans who have died of the virus to 9,994
Number of deaths also decrease, but small increase seen in hospitalizations
New booster shots will be ready soon, FDA says
Molina’s parent company has faced fines in three states, including in the past couple months, for not paying providers on time and allegations of improperly submitting claims for reimbursement.
Earlier this year, in December and January, five children died by suicide in Polk County. State officials are seeking federal assistance in studying the pattern, but local mental health advocates say the pandemic’s impact on children across Iowans means providers have a lot of ground to cover in order to meet youth health needs.
Iowa organizations encouraging alternatives to abortion may see increased demand if abortion laws change. But $500,000 the Legislature allocated to expand these services is not yet available.
After two years of mild flu seasons, experts are warning that this year’s season may start earlier and be worse. Some countries in the southern hemisphere are seeing a return to pre-pandemic flu case numbers as COVID-19 mitigation practices are relaxed.
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