Natalie Krebs
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Iowa Public Radio
A new law that requires Iowans go to an in-person medical appointment in order to obtain abortion medication has gone into effect.
Natalie Dunlap
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Iowa Public Radio
Nicole Baxter
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Iowa Public Radio
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UnityPoint nurses marched through Des Moines months after a still undetermined election in December on whether to form a union. Nurses said the hospital is filing objections to delay confirming the vote. -
The Iowa Integrated Network for Science, Information, and Geospatial Health Tracking, or INSIGHT, will examine how factors like PFAS and nitrate affect Iowans' health -
Broadlawns Medical Center's new mobile clinic aims to increase access to dementia care and testing for underserved populations in Polk County.
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The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital will receive up to $3 million for pediatric cancer research annually, under a bill signed into law Tuesday. -
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.
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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. -
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.
