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Daily NewslettersLegislation designed to help rural, emergency room hospitals in Iowa passed unanimously out of the Senate Tuesday, 47-0, and now is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.
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Legislation designed to help rural, emergency room hospitals in Iowa passed unanimously out of the Senate Tuesday, 47-0, and now is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.
Face masks now are optional in all University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics facilities, including Iowa River Landing and QuickCare clinics, except for people who have symptoms of a respiratory virus or unvaccinated employees.
A quilt made of cloth masks is the centerpiece of the Red Thread Project, commemorating the third anniversary of COVID’s arrival in Linn County.
The union representing 3,800 University of Iowa Health Care workers has announced the ratification of its “strongest contract for our members in Iowa since the changes to Chapter 20 in 2017.”
Constantly having to take medications, trying home remedies and sleeping because of your chronic headaches or migraines can alter your lifestyle and become exhausting.
An Iowa nursing home administrator fired last year after being accused of stealing patient medications and being under the influence of drugs at work is facing no charges from the licensing board that oversees her profession.
Federal law requires states to have “estate recovery programs” to seek reimbursements for spending under Medicaid. While some states target very little — Hawaii’s program collected just $31,000 in 2019 — other states are more aggressive — Iowa contracts with a private company that recovered $26 million that same year.
Both would preserve brands but seek administrative efficiencies
With a sharp rise in sexually transmitted infections, the Sexual Health Alliance of Linn and Johnson Counties is brainstorming ways to reduce 10-year highs.
At-home tests, which aren’t required to be reported, have grown in popularity — and have made the state’s weekly COVID-19 data reporting “less meaningful,” according to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
Avid golfer Jim Thacker returns to course after advanced heart procedure at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids
Dozens of automated external defibrillators and trauma first aid kits — valued at over $100,000 — will go to first-responders, ambulance crews, churches and nonprofit organizations in Benton, Jones and Linn counties.
Johnson County has been designated a HeartSafe Community as local partners continue informing residents how to effectively intervene if they witness someone in sudden cardiac arrest.
The clinics run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday as well as Feb. 25, March 18 and 25, April 15 and 22 and May 13 and 20 at the center, 1201 Third Ave SE in Cedar Rapids.
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