Health Care and Medicine

CEDAR RAPIDS – The Linn County Board of Health unanimously approved a multi-year initiative that creates a coordinated effort to …

Respiratory illnesses related to vaping have been reported among young adults in Iowa, state public health officials said Thursday. Four …

IOWA CITY – A group of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics nurses and other staffers have sued the state …

By Erin Jordan, The Gazette Nearly 300,000 Iowans get their drinking water from private wells, yet a state grant program …

By Michaela Ramm, The Gazette Planned Parenthood clinics in Iowa, along with other affiliated clinics across the country, have left …

The typical shortage of blood donations around a holiday has been compounded after several hospitals in the Mississippi Valley Regional …

Nearly five months remain until the end of the year when one of Iowa’s largest hospital systems plans to merge …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Kathy Schussler believes her son Dane wanted to live because he was searching for a solution to …

New University of Iowa medical students were welcomed to campus Friday for the traditional ‘white coat ceremony,” where they are …

VINTON – A data security breach at Virginia Gay Hospital last month may have exposed patient information, officials announced Friday. …

As Iowa’s medical marijuana program this week meets its latest benchmark set by a law outlining its expansion, patients and …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Kathryn and Jeffrey Schussler wanted to find purpose amid calamity — the suicide of their 21-year-old son, …