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Health & Medicine
‘Cancer Action Day’ goal: Iowa law with 2% interest cap on medical debt
A group of cancer patients, survivors and advocates is urging the Iowa legislature to cap the...
Iowa kids would need parents’ okay to get HPV shot under bill before legislators
An Iowa Senate subcommittee advanced a bill this week that would require parental consent for...
If you might have the bug, consult with a professional ASAP
Flu season is peaking in Iowa and dozens of schools report rampant absences due to illness, with...
Legislators consider ways to bring Iowa more health care personnel
Iowa lawmakers advanced three bills this week that aim to raise the state's number of medical...
Bill in Iowa legislature proposes new rules for Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Pharmacists are praising a bill under consideration in the Iowa House and Senate that would set...
Illness taking a toll as some Iowa schools forced to close
Schools in Webster City and Sioux City are closed today as more than 20% of their kids are out...
Governor Reynolds calls for boost in funding for development of bird flu, foreign animal disease vaccines
Governor Kim Reynolds has recommended an additional half a million dollars in state spending to...
Iowa drivers and pedestrians need to move with care this warm weekend
With high temperatures expected back in the low 50s in parts of Iowa today and into the weekend,...
Iowa earns multiple failing grades on report card for anti-smoking efforts
A new report card on Iowa's smoking policies gives the state an abysmal grade point average. In...
UI study aims to reduce some anxiety for breast cancer patients
A new University of Iowa study aims to better understand the experience a woman has between when...
Survey finds around four percent of Iowa homes have lead water lines
A federally mandated survey finds a majority of the water lines serving Iowa homes do not contain...
Dozens of Iowa schools see high absence rates due to respiratory infections
State health officials are seeing a significant jump in the number of schools reporting high...
Virtual forum to address higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s in rural Iowa
Alzheimer's disease strikes about one in nine Iowa seniors, but studies show the rate is even...
New brain surgery technique sees Iowa debut using implanted radioactive tile
A Des Moines hospital is the first in Iowa to perform brain surgery using a new type of treatment...
Ban proposed on margarine, Red Dye 40 in food served in Iowa schools
A bill under consideration in the Iowa House would ban margarine and two food additives from the...
Wind chills of 40 below make Iowa unfit for humans and our furry friends
The bitter cold is likely to reach dangerous levels for people -- and pets -- tonight and early...
UI study shows drug prices fall after some big pharma mergers
When big pharmaceutical companies merge, the perception is that drug prices rise, but a University...
Cases of flu, RSV, COVID on the rise in Iowa
Iowa hospitals and emergency rooms are seeing an increase in respiratory virus cases in recent...
Senator Whitver, battling brain tumor, says it’s been a difficult year
Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver has delivered his first speech in the Iowa Capitol after...
Iowa parents need to read baby food labels carefully
A new study from the World Health Organization finds two-thirds of baby foods on grocery store...
Seven Mills County Public Health employees dismissed
The Mills County Board of Supervisors and the county's Board of Health have dismissed seven...
UI study: Everyone should be asked about physical activity at every doctor visit
Most Iowans know if you eat right and exercise, it's good for your health, but researchers at the...
Free radon test kits available to Iowa residents, while supplies last
At least half of the homes in Iowa have radon gas levels above the EPA's action level according to...
UI researchers back call for updated warning labels on alcohol
Almost a year after a University of Iowa report linked alcohol consumption to a greater risk of...
UIHC acquires Mission Cancer + Blood network in Iowa
A statewide network of over 20 clinics that had operated under the name "Mission Cancer + Blood"...
Resolving to lose weight in 2025? It’ll take a serious commitment
2025 has arrived and the experts say about eight in ten New Year’s resolutions are broken before...
How to tell if you have the holiday blues versus Seasonal Affective Disorder
New Year's Day is a time for reflection, resolutions and renewal, but for some Iowans, it's just...
MMR vaccination rate among Iowa kindergarteners falls
The number of Iowa kindergartners who have received the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine...
Make a new year’s resolution to help others by giving blood
The Iowa chapter of the American Red Cross will be starting out 2025 much as it always does, with...