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Overall, infections at nursing homes in Iowa dropped 9 percent over two weeks.
Iowa Freedom of Information Council Executive Director Randy Evans called the decision disappointing and said he hopes the Iowa Legislature revises the statute to benefit patients.
Starting Sunday, Oct. 24, Iowa residents in the 319 and 515 area codes will need to dial all 10 digits to make phone calls.
Kris Hansen, CEO of Western Home Services, discusses the “household-like” care model behind the joint project with UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids. The senior living community is expected to open in 2023.
Nursing home leaders across the state have been working to increase the number of staff fully immunized against COVID-19. A federal mandate expected this month also aims to do the same thing -- but many across Iowa’s industry say the new rule could have a detrimental effect.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or …
State’s death toll now at 6,848 since March 2020. Linn County reported 15 deaths, the most of any Iowa county, in the past week.
Auditor Rob Sand says the report released Wednesday shows Iowa’s managed care organizations were illegally denying care for Iowans and that the state needs to provide more oversight.
The advance is a win for Revivicor, a subsidiary of United Therapeutics, the company that engineered the pig and its cousins, a herd of 100 raised in tightly controlled conditions at a facility in Iowa.
Interim leader of the Iowa Department of Public Health answers questions during AARP town hall.
A Johnson County surgical group is posturing to sue member surgeons associated with Steindler Orthopedic Clinic, accusing them of violating a no-compete agreement by seeking state permission to build a new Steindler North Liberty Ambulatory Surgery Center.
Hy-Vee is preparing for a possible federal rule requiring all employers with at least 100 employees show proof their staffs are vaccinated or are being tested weekly for COVID-19.
Health care systems statewide will need to continue supporting the front line staff currently responding to the ongoing pandemic, and take innovative steps to improve the strength of the workforce, local health care leaders said during the 2021 Iowa Ideas Conference hosted by The Gazette.
CDC officials have warned the U.S. could face an “early and possibly severe flu season” this year, prompting worry among local public health officials for widespread cases of both influenza and COVID-19 in the coming months
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