RSV, a respiratory virus that disproportionately affects children, is on the rise harder and faster than usual this year. Here’s what you need to know to help prevent it and recognize the signs.
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RSV, a respiratory virus that disproportionately affects children, is on the rise harder and faster than usual this year. Here’s what you need to know to help prevent it and recognize the signs.
As Americans head into the holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
Iowa reported the highest weekly case total in two months, and hospitalizations across the state are up 26 percent from last week.
ChildServe is doubling the size of its location in Coralville and opening its first satellite location in Hiawatha. This is a “proactive approach to investing in the children of Iowa,” ChildServe CEO Teri Wahlig said in a statement.
Eighteen months after opening in Cedar Rapids, the Linn County Mental Health Access Center is seeing an increase in need for its services. Leaders hope to expand the hours of the center to 24/7 and they’re discussing a Youth Assessment Center.
A jury has returned a $27 million verdict against UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine in Des Moines after a man with bacterial meningitis was misdiagnosed with the flu, suffered strokes and said he has been permanently injured.
Iowa could follow other states’ lead in reducing costs for business owners and patients through changing state taxing systems for medical marijuana, board members.
When Christina Anderson's mother started having chest pains in October, they rushed to the nearest emergency room in their hometown of Ottumwa, Iowa. Because of her mother's ovarian cancer diagnosis, Anderson assumed they would be seen within a reasonable time. Instead, their trip became a nine-hour odyssey.
The University of Iowa is seeking help hiring temporary workers for its State Hygienic Lab that – like many other industries – is facing a labor shortage stretching its staff thin as it aims to process an average of 1,000 tests a day for things like COVID-19, newborn and maternal screenings, and tuberculosis.
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
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