Health Care and Medicine

Abby Burchland experienced “overwhelming” support from Iowa and Michigan fans alike as her “Last Chemo” gained national attention during the Oct. 1 Iowa Wave.

The clinics provide free healthcare to uninsured and underinsured kids in Johnson and Washington counties

Responsibility in Bondurant death goes beyond direct staff, one says

The new numbers mean that cases are down for the fourth consecutive week.

Many of the remaining residents of such places have lived there for decades, leaving their families with wrenching choices when closures loom.

Two Iowa nursing home patients froze to death outside this past winter. A nurse at one home faces no criminal charges, but a worker at another faces a second-degree murder charge.

57 deaths reported in past week, more than double last week’s total

His Hands Free Clinic in Cedar Rapids announced Tuesday the conclusion of its “Great Need. Great Care” fundraising campaign, which raised $1.82 million to help the clinic expand its services in a new location.

Iowa does not include subsequent COVID-19 infections of the same person in the number of newly confirmed cases it reports to federal health officials or in the weekly case updates on its website, even though other states do.

26 new deaths brought the total number of Iowans who have died of the virus to 9,994

Number of deaths also decrease, but small increase seen in hospitalizations

New booster shots will be ready soon, FDA says