Health Care and Medicine

IOWA CITY – Speaking Friday to University of Iowa medical students, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack scolded the institution …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The Cedar Rapids Police Department responds to thousands of medical calls each year. Now, thanks to a …

Ara Ispentchian estimates he runs 40 to 50 miles a week. The Cedar Rapids ultramarathoner is currently training for the …

Sara Neff, a nurse practitioner at Mercy Pediatric Clinic, describes schools as ‘one big petri dish of germs.’ ‘Vaccinations protect …

DES MOINES – Iowa has its first confirmed cases of the West Nile virus disease in humans this year. Officials …

Health insurer Aetna will stop selling individual Affordable Care Act plans next year in 11 of the 15 states where …

OELWEIN – When Randy McQueen broke his leg eight years ago, he never imagined just how much it would change …

Since the start of the Medicaid managed-care debate in Iowa, Gov. Terry Branstad repeatedly has pointed to the fact that …

More than 1,200 veterans receiving care at the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Hospital were assigned to ‘ghost panels’ — primary …

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General said Thursday it will review the death of Sgt. …

WASHINGTON – The government refused again Thursday to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes, reaffirming its conclusion that …

Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott on Sunday accused the federal government of lagging in providing assistance to combat the spread …