Opioid-related deaths increased by 35 percent in Iowa in 2020, following a national trend that has advocates raising the alarm about the surge. State officials reported 213 opioid-related deaths last year, up from the 157 deaths reported in 2019 and a previous high of 206 in 2017.
An Ankeny-based software engineer who helped Iowans find COVID-19 vaccine appointments earlier in the pandemic has now launched a new program to help individuals find coronavirus testing options.
A federal judge on Monday ordered the state of Iowa to immediately halt enforcement of a law passed in May that prevents school boards from ordering masks to be worn to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
What testing options are available in Iowa? How do I know which is the right option for me? Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about COVID-19 testing.
A state court judge declined Friday to stop enforcement of the Iowa law, saying there is no evidence that any school board would immediately impose a mask mandate if the law wasn't in effect.
Due to an increase patient count, local hospitals are temporarily limiting elective surgeries and procedures in an effort to preserve hospital capacity for emergency cases and to continue serving the community, officials say.
Democratic legislative leaders endorsed Biden’s coronavirus vaccination mandates as a response to failed GOP leadership while the Republican Party of Iowa warned the president is “striking a dangerous authoritarian tone.”
Iowa Republican legislators and the governor prohibited mask mandates in schools for purely political reasons to appease complaining constituents, a lawyer representing a mother and her sons argued Thursday.
Children aged 17 and younger made up 29 percent of positive COVID-19 cases this past week, remaining as the top age group for positive cases
The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly
Late last month, federal public health officials announced Americans with a compromised immune system were eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose. Some of the first Iowans who qualify began recieving that booster dose this month, including Cedar Rapids resident Erica Earl.
A Gazette reader asked us about discarded COVID vaccines in Iowa. Here’s what we learned.
With little discussion and much praise for the project – which struggled to get the state go-ahead it needs – Iowa’s Board of Regents on Tuesday unanimously approved construction on a new $395 million University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics site in North Liberty to start as soon as later this month.
As the second summer of the pandemic wanes, state emergency orders that mandate coverage of telehealth visits and waive the requirement for out-of-state medical licenses are expiring.
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