Health Care and Medicine

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.

Colleges, universities, and trade schools are ramping up nurse-related partnerships, scholarships, internships, and mentorships in hopes of meeting the workforce’s increasingly dire needs.

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.

Deaths total 28 for the week, up from last week’s 20

Miranda Neff walked the Especially For You Race Againt Breast Cancer 5k for the first time when she was 14. Eleven years later, when she was 25, she walked it for the first time as a breast cancer survivor.

Mercy Hospital’s annual Especially For You Race Against Breast Cancer will take place Sunday, Oct. 9. The race includes a 5K run, a 5K walk, or a one-mile family fun walk.

Past week saw 1,853 new cases, 26 deaths