Health Care and Medicine

The UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital is considering installing a NICU camera system allowing families of intensive care infants to do watch livestreams of their babies stretching and arching and blinking or just sleeping.

In Linn and Johnson Counties, drug-related deaths have been rising consistently since 2018. Experts say an increased availability of fentanyl — a strong synthetic opioid often mixed into other drugs — and the COVID-19 pandemic may be to blame.

Typifying the gap separating the union representing thousands of University of Iowa Health Care workers and their governing Board of Regents, union representatives Wednesday opened contract negotiations with a 25-page proposal including a 14-percent raise while regents offered a 1.5- to 3-percent raise on a single page.

Of the 30 new deaths reported, two were in Johnson County

2 women week to open birthing center in central Iowa without going through approval process

By 2025, University of Iowa Health Care expects to have a new primary care location up and running in southeast Iowa City – addressing a “health care access gap” in that part of town.

More heart surgeries can be performed with minimally invasive techniques.

45 deaths from COVID-19 reported in the past week, including three in Linn County

Avid golfer Jim Thacker returns to course after advanced heart procedure at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies.

The number is a slight increase from last week’s total

Thanks to grant funding, Witwer Children’s Therapy in Cedar Rapids has new equipment that mimics riding a horse. Witwer is currently the only therapy clinic in the state that uses the MiraColt in sessions.