Health Care and Medicine

See Iowa’s statewide vaccination rates statewide and by county, plus daily updates for Linn and Johnson counties

The Supreme Court preserved insurance coverage for millions of Americans Thursday, rejecting the third major challenge to the national health care law known as “Obamacare.”

Linn County surpassed 50 percent mark for residents fully vaccinated

As Test Iowa prepares to close next month, state health officials say they will continue to report daily positive COVID-19 cases to Iowa’s public-facing coronavirus dashboard.

The statewide free COVID-19 testing program, Test Iowa, will end operations by July 16. The Linn County testing site in Cedar Rapids will close on Thursday, June 24.

State reports 5 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday

University of Iowa Health Care’s century-old children’s hospital — which recently got a

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada are awash with a toxic industrial compound associated with serious health conditions, including cancer and reduced birth weight, according to a new study.

Breanna Oxley announced she will be running for Iowa State Senate District 33 seat after long-time lawmaker Sen. Rob Hogg announced he would not be seeking re-election.

The Twitter account @IAVaccineAlerts that has helped Iowans find open COVID-19 appointments has ended its alerts as demand for the vaccine has significantly dropped.

More than half of Iowans age 12 and older have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Iowa Department of public health. As of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1,380,842 Iowans had been fully vaccinated, an increase of 4,199 from Monday. That’s 51.6 percent of Iowans age 12 and older, and 43,77 percent of the state’s total population.

Linn County has highest number of hospitalized in the state at 13 as of Sunday afternoon