Health Care and Medicine

IOWA CITY – After COVID-19 admissions at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics soared into the 90s earlier this …

JOHNSTON – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and state Attorney General Tom Miller are imploring Congress to take action on pandemic …

For the third day in a row, the number of COVID-19 tests reported by the state dipped below 5,000 Tuesday …

UnityPoint Health has appointed two new executives to oversee the health care system and its clinical operations. Clay Holderman will …

IOWA CITY – Johnson County leaders are encouraging residents to ‘adopt” a health care worker this holiday season. According to …

Throughout the pandemic, local public health agencies have relied on contact tracers to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. …

By far, November has proved to be the deadliest month ever in Iowa for COVID-19, claiming 688 lives and ranking …

Iowa’s second prison staff member has died from COVID-19, according to AFSCME Council 61, which represents correctional workers. AFSCME President …

After completing COVID-19 isolation, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley returned to work Monday in Washington. Grassley, 87, announced Nov. 17 he …

Never believe anyone who says your vote does not count. In any election, ‘My vote doesn’t count” is something of …

DES MOINES – Iowans, for the most part, have been traveling less throughout the COVID-19 pandemic than they did at …

After weeks of record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations that greatly strained capacity at health care systems across the state, local hospitals are …