Lawmakers warn the arrangement Eli Lilly and Pfizer have with telehealth platforms may lead to conflicts of interest, subpar patient care and increase in federal health care spending.

Some programs that help low-income Iowans access healthy foods are at risk after federal SNAP-Ed funding was eliminated in the major tax and spending bill signed into law by President Donald Trump last month.

Transgender Iowans on Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income individuals, are having to find other ways to pay for some gender-affirming care after state lawmakers passed restrictions in the 2025 legislative session.

Proposed cuts could leave a program meant to investigate instances of abuse against individuals with mental illness from harm at risk.

This week marks one year since a state law went into effect banning abortion when cardiac activity is detected, with some exceptions. The law has had drastic effects on abortion care in the state.

A baby born at a University of Iowa Health Care hospital in Iowa City has been named the Guinness World Records titleholder for most premature baby. Nash Keen is now 1 year old and doing better than anyone expected after facing what experts had previously called impossible odds.

Hospitals across the Midwest are bracing for cuts to services and staff in the wake of funding changes created in President Donald Trump's budget bill.

State officials recently announced that they will end the state's Integrated Health Home program, which supports severely mentally ill Iowans, and will transition them to the newly-formed Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.

As Midwest cities like Indianapolis struggle with an HIV epidemic, federal support is being curtailed.

The state's major overhaul of its mental health and disability service systems is going into effect this week. Officials say they hope it makes it easier for Iowans to access services.