Health Care and Medicine

The number of Iowans completely vaccinated against the novel coronavirus reached 1,133,842 — 35.94 percent of the population — as of 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Second long-term care facility added to state’s outbreak list

Tanager Place expands virtual mental health resources to the community to increase ability to respond to mental health needs

Linn County added 47 cases, most since Aprili 1

Iowa on Wednesday added 138 new COVID-19 cases and two new, confirmed deaths. The new numbers bring the state’s to …

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. Wednesday. She is expected to provide an update about …

Amid dropping demand, president now plans to reallocate unclaimed vaccines like Iowa’s

Linn County reports 28 new cases, Johnson reports four

As blood supply reaches critical levels, local collection center reports only one-day supply on certain blood types

Nearly a quarter of the individuals who received the first shot of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series in Iowa did not return for the second dose within the recommended interval of 21-28 days, state public health data shows.

State public health officials say the State Hygienic Lab has confirmed two cases of a new COVID-19 variant, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617, in Jefferson County.

The managed care program has sent “signals of a stable program” since its switch five years ago, Elizabeth Matney, Iowa’s recently appointed Medicaid director, told The Gazette this week. That means state leadership can focus on addressing overall population health of the more than 700,000 poor and disabled Iowans who rely on Medicaid.