Health Care and Medicine

The expected drop in transplants following the policy change – along with increased costs – could “threaten the long-term viability of plaintiffs’ transplant programs, as well as make it difficult to retain qualified medical specialists.”

Linn County adds 42 new cases Tuesday

State’s seven-day average for cases still is above 400

Anyone aged 18 and older can schedule an appointment to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Eastern Iowa Health Center in Cedar Rapids, officials announced Monday.

Iowa business leaders have been taking different approaches to incentivize COVID-19 vaccinations.

Leap comes amid 24-hour clinic in Cedar Rapids

A total of 836,453 Iowans had been fully vaccinated — 26.51 percent of the state population — against the novel coronavirus as of Saturday evening, according to state figures.

Over the past several weeks as COVID-19 vaccines have become available to all Iowans, some have struggled to find an appointment to get immunized. So some have made it their mission to make sure everyone who wants a vaccine gets one.

More than 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa since December, according to the Iowa Department of …

Vaccine Hunter, the website that automatically collects open COVID-19 vaccine appointments from across the state, was created in March by Ankeny resident Todd Brady. The 37-year-old software developer wanted a solution to the challenges Iowans were facing in finding a shot.

Grinnell College for the next academic year will require all enrolled students to show proof of having recieved a COVID vaccine.

Iowa Department of Public Health officials announced Thursday that a new variant of the novel coronavirus, known as the Brazilian variant, has been detected in one individual in Johnson County.