Isabella Sellers, an 18-year-old pre-med student at the University of Iowa, sat in a medical transport helicopter Wednesday for the second time in her life. This time she climbed into the helicopter, with help from her parents and her physical therapist, as a guest, rather than an emergency patient.
Mark Rosenblatt, a top executive with the University of Illinois College of Medicine and health system, is the second finalist of two to succeed Brooks Jackson as vice president for medical affairs of University of Iowa Health Care and dean of its Carver College of Medicine.
An Iowa care facility worker who was fired after a resident froze to death is suing her former employer, claiming the company has discriminated against its Black employees.
With a sharp increase in sexually transmitted infections, the Linn County Board of Health approved a position to combat the most concerning increase: congenital syphilis.
After two unexpected resident deaths, a Mount Pleasant nursing home has been added to a federal list of the nation’s worst care facilities.
Eight months after unveiling four finalists to become vice president for medical affairs and dean of its Carver College of Medicine --
Shawn Nupolu, 15, a student at Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy, died this month after battling malaria at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital
A day after getting Board of Regents OK to proceed with $185 million worth of health care and medicine-related projects in the coming months, the University of Iowa on Friday issued a request for qualifications from firms interested in designing and developing a massive new North Inpatient Tower next to Kinnick Stadium.
An Iowa physician claims in a lawsuit that she was fired from a public hospital by administrators who encouraged employees to vote for Donald Trump and discriminated against those who didn’t share their religious beliefs.
Crowding and capacity needs continue to stress the main University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, compelling administrators to expand the emergency department, reorganize existing services, and open a new “short-stay unit.”
As the federal public health emergency ends, the Eastern Iowa Health Center is shifting gears by launching a multilingual ad campaign to reach underserved populations in need of COVID-19 vaccinations and updated booster shots.
As the rates of some sexually-transmitted infections continue to rise, Linn County Public Health is offering $10 gift cards to anyone who gets tested from April 17 to 21.
An online ad by the Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology asks Iowans to opposed House File 347, which would allow optometrists to do more eye injections and surgeries.
Since Jan. 1, at least eight Iowa nursing homes have been cited for violations related to resident abuse.
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