The Gazette explores the latest cancer research, investigates clusters and showcases Iowans fighting back. Don't miss this series of stories this Sunday.
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The Gazette explores the latest cancer research, investigates clusters and showcases Iowans fighting back. Don't miss this series of stories this Sunday.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.
The Linn County Public Health Department is working on a project that will bring seven vending machines stocked with free naloxone and other harm-prevention supplies to public locations in Linn County.
GOP Sen. Brad Zaun said he stopped the bill, which was approved by House Republicans, over concerns it would threaten the legality of in vitro fertilization
Including $28 million it bid in a bankruptcy auction to buy Mercy Iowa City, $8.5 million it covered of the hospital’s “cash-based operating losses,” and $3.4 million it spent resolving Mercy’s unpaid contract obligations, the University of Iowa’s total cost to acquire the 150-year-old community hospital is expected to reach nearly $40 million.
Medical marijuana sales in Iowa have leveled off as Iowans flock to cheaper, largely unregulated consumable hemp products, regulators said Friday.
The University of Iowa is looking to lease 65,760 square feet of warehouse, office, and support space on ACT Inc.’s former Iowa City campus for use by UI Health Care’s pharmacy services group.
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments.
Iowa continues to have the second highest cancer rate in the nation — and the fastest growing rate of new cancers, with another 21,000 estimated this year — according to the Iowa Cancer Registry’s 2024 “Cancer in Iowa” report.
The restrictive abortion law is currently on hold as the court considers Gov. Kim Reynolds ' appeal of the lower court’s decision that paused the crux of it.
Iowa House Republicans and Iowa Senate Democrats introduced their respective legislative proposals Tuesday to ensure safety, support and accountability in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
The bill, which advanced out of a Senate subcommittee on Monday, would apply to people on state-regulated health insurance plans, including people with private health insurance and state-provided Medicaid. Uninsured Iowans would not be covered by the bill.
Previous attempts to pass the bill have met with resistance in the Iowa House, which held this year’s first hearing on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal.
The State Hygienic Lab now can test wastewater for influenza, which gives public health officials advance warning of a spike in their community before positive flu tests show up at doctors’ offices.
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