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Health & Medicine
Iowa women are reminded about breast cancer warning signs
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Iowa women, but when it's caught early,...
After ten year absence, ambulance service will return to Dows
Residents in a small north-central Iowa town will see ambulance service restored sometime next...
Sexual assault cases in Sioux City, Le Mars areas to be handled by nonprofit
A private nonprofit agency that works with survivors of domestic violence will take over responses...
County health officials fear Iowans will lose out under HHS plan
The state’s public health system is being reorganized to coordinate services across counties in a...
UI researchers say risk factors, demographics linked to Iowa’s high cancer rates
University of Iowa researchers say demographics and risk factors like smoking, binge drinking and...
Lahn says he’s picking up support because of his views on pandemic
Republican Zach Lahn says many Iowans who support him in the race for governor are doing so...
Dubuque Archbishop talks about impact of consolidation of parishes
The leader of the Dubuque Catholic Archdiocese says things are moving forward after 160 parishes...
UI proposes research lab to study more ways to whip cancer
The University of Iowa is taking steps toward creating a new institute devoted to developing...
Grassley touts efforts to help prevent stillbirths
This Saturday, September 19, would become National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day under a...
University of Iowa researchers offering water testing for arsenic in 6 counties
A research project at the University of Iowa is offering private well owners in six counties free...
Central Iowa hospital celebrates three-quarters of a century
Story County Medical Center in Nevada will mark its 75th anniversary tomorrow, in what hospital...
Goal of the new White Coat Network is to reverse Iowa’s physician shortage
A new mentoring program aims to help medical professionals make connections across Iowa’s...
Iowans don’t have to wait for cold weather to get a flu shot
With high temperatures back in the 80s and 90s, it doesn't feel like fall in Iowa yet, but cooler...
Three acclaimed UI health programs now under one new roof
The ribbon will be cut this afternoon on a quarter-billion dollar building at the University of...
Governor says there’s disturbing rise in kratom-related deaths in Iowa
State officials are warning Iowans not to buy a product called kratom that's being sold in some...
U.S. Senate candidate Turek outlines his ideas for federal action on cancer
Democrat Josh Turek says if he's elected to the U.S. Senate, he'll vote to increase funding for...
One in five counties now use Thrive Iowa program to help students, families
The state's Thrive Iowa program is now operating in 20 of the state’s 99 counties. The Iowa...
New Iowa Poison Control Center program to help treat opioid addiction
The Iowa Poison Control Center is setting up a program to provide round-the-clock clinical advice...
Scott County invests in new judge-ordered program to help the homeless
Eastern Iowa's Scott County is launching a program to move people experiencing chronic...
Southeast Iowa cities use millions in EPA funds to restore brownfield sites
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently visited southeast Iowa, touring...
Candidates in Iowa’s third district spar over One Big Beautiful Bill
The "One Big Beautiful Bill" President Trump signed a year ago is one of the flash points in...
Lahn says Iowa’s cancer rate linked to agricultural practices
Zach Lahn, the Republican candidate for governor, says the state's high cancer rate "is tied into...
RFK, Jr., and U.S. Rep. Miller-Meeks tout Presidential Fitness Test
A new state law makes the new version of the Presidential Fitness Test a required part of P.E....
State health officials tracking measles outbreak in southern Iowa
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services reports an an outbreak of at least 12 measles...
Wildfire smoke may be hurting Iowans’ physical and mental health
Even with all the recent rain, much of Iowa's northern half remains under a moderate health...
Iowa parents: Start shifting kids’ bedtimes now to prep for start of school
August 24th will be the first day of classes in many Iowa school districts and one expert suggests...
Expansion, renovation planned for southwest Iowa hospital
A southern Iowa hospital will break ground next July on a nearly 20 MILLION dollar project that...
Sioux City hospital NICU gets special retina cameras for new babies
The neonatal intensive care unit at Sioux City's UnityPoint St. Luke's hospital has expanded its...
Ernst votes to hold Fauci in contempt of congress
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst and other Republicans on a Senate panel have voted to hold Dr. Anthony...