Health Care and Medicine

CEDAR RAPIDS – A new program for families in Linn and surrounding counties will help children who have been exposed …

DES MOINES – Iowa’s statewide farm organization thinks it has a plan to help farmers who are struggling to find …

The bad flu season is finally showing signs of easing up for most Americans. But for senior-housing companies, the worst …

Flu activity has decreased nationwide for the first time this season, suggesting the country may be coming out of the …

DES MOINES – House Democrats made a number of unsuccessful attempts Thursday to end the private managed care of the …

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics – which is navigating changes in its leadership, integrating new facilities, and facing …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Cedar Rapids health care professionals has introduced new technology that would help detect breast cancer early. In …

Iowans who lost their health insurance carrier in 2018 still can purchase a plan through the Affordable Care Act this …

DES MOINES – Legislation heading to the Senate floor for debate could make Iowa among the states with the strictest …

CEDAR RAPIDS – For years, Dr. Jeffrey Link has made service a part of his livelihood. And with his new …

Heidi Vittetoe wants consumers to put the use of antibiotics on livestock into perspective. ‘A lot of times you hear …

Drug regulators want to let drugmakers test Alzheimer’s disease treatments on patients years before the disease shows outward signs, and …