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Virus cases have slightly increased
Iowa has fared remarkably well compared with all but one neighboring state, even when adjusting for population.
State inspectors say the abuse involved a worker at Heritage Specialty Care who allegedly took $1,625 from a resident with a spinal cord injury and later called him names.
1,863 cases up 2 percent from previous week
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says she will appeal the ruling, which says schools must consider requests for required mask wearing near medically vulnerable students
Cases are slightly down from 1,915 last week
"Young people have the power to change the world," Arsh Pal said from his home in Dubuque, which is also his art studio.
Opposing sides argue if a 2018 abortion law -- once ruled unconstitutional -- can take effect now.
New government regulations now allow hearing aids to be sold over the counter, rather than strictly by prescription.
After seven consecutive weeks of lower case counts statewide, COVID-19 cases jumped up 27 percent from 1,508 to 1,915 this past week.
Johnson County Public Health’s Community Health Division is one of 40 recipients nationwide to receive $125,000 in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Iowa dropped for the seventh consecutive week, to 1,508, according to numbers released Wednesday.
Three years after two University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics nurses and one UIHC physical therapist filed a lawsuit accusing their employer of violating federal and state code in how and when they paid employees, the Board of Regents has agreed to settle the class-action case for $15 million.
Some staff nurses overwhelmed by ballooning patient loads and more charts and medications to juggle are relieved to have the extra hands traveling nurses provide. Others harbor contempt for the higher wages travelers make – costing their hospitals millions – even as temporary nurses are less familiar with the facilities, processes, and patients.
