Natalie Dunlap
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Iowa Public Radio
The Iowa Integrated Network for Science, Information, and Geospatial Health Tracking, or INSIGHT, will examine how factors like PFAS and nitrate affect Iowans' health
Maura Curran
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Iowa Public Radio
Natalie Dunlap
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Iowa Public Radio
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A state-of-the-art facility opening in Council Bluffs in June is expected to help boost services and inpatient psychiatric care beds in a more peaceful setting. -
The nonprofit Commonwealth Fund found disparities among racial and ethnic groups in Iowa, finding white Iowans have the best healthcare outcomes, quality and access. -
State officials hope to bring in up to $1 billion in federal funds over the next five years to improve rural health infrastructure, but some say it will do little to help rural hospitals weather looming Medicaid spending reductions.
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A report by the Iowa Environmental Council and Harkin Institute looked at peer-reviewed research on environmental factors and cancer. -
New data from the Guttmacher Institute shows the number of clinician-provided abortions dropped 22% from 2024 to 2025. -
The 2026 Cancer in Iowa report by the Iowa Cancer Registry found new rates of cancer diagnoses in Iowa remain some of the highest in the nation.
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Some Iowans with disabilities are pushing lawmakers to remove income and asset caps from a special Medicaid program that allows them to work. But recent reductions to spending for Medicaid at the federal level may be giving lawmakers pause. -
As Iowa officials drill down on their fight to understand and address high cancer rates in the state, a mapping tool developed by University of Iowa researchers is informing their and other states’ work — and the network is set to keep growing. -
University of Iowa researchers are about a fourth of the way through a state-funded research project examining why Iowa has some of the nation's highest cancer rates.
