Natalie Krebs

Department of Human Services Director Kelly Garcia said despite recent payment issues, she is confident that Iowa Total Care is committed to the state's Medicaid program.

The state will withhold $44 million from Iowa Total Care, one of the two managed care organizations contracted to run the state's Medicaid program.

Starting January 1, a mandate goes into effect requiring all Iowa health care providers, except veterinarians, to submit prescriptions electronically.

The state attorney general’s office is reminding Iowans that cannabidiol, or CBD, products are not legal under state law.

A new state program will provide free opioid overdose reversal kits to Iowans.

Public officials say they're not sure why there has been a sharp decline in the number of people in Iowa using a state family planning program. 

According to a Department of Human Services report presented at a council meeting on Wednesday, 1,502 people used the program in 2018, a sharp drop from nearly 5,857 in 2017.

DHS Director Kelly Garcia said more information is needed to figure out the reasons for the decline.

An Iowa State University study has found more Americans are now struggling to fall - and stay - asleep.

Across the country, nearly 95,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant, including more than 500 in Iowa, and that list has been growing for years. This has pushed some to try unusual ways to find donors.

Iowans will now have a new online tool to find the nearest clinic that offers abortions.

More than two dozen experts, parents and lawmakers gathered in West Des Moines on Friday to discuss issues surrounding childcare in the state.

The state Department of Public Health has reported that two people have died from the flu. These are the first flu-related deaths reported in the state this year.

Iowa has one of the lowest survival rates for lung cancer in the nation, according to a new report by the American Lung Association.

UnityPoint Health, one of Iowa's largest healthcare systems, has called off its merger with South Dakota-based Sanford Health.

The state attorney general's office has announced it will launch a tracking and reporting system for rape kits. 

A new report has found that nearly one in ten Iowa children are born pre-term. 

Open enrollment for Iowans who get their health coverage through the Affordable Care Act begins on Nov. 1. 

Gov. Kim Reynolds will not pursue an executive order to ban vaping in Iowa. Instead, state health and education officials will focus on educational programs and a social media campaign warning minors of the health risks associated with e-cigarettes.

An Iowa State state study has found that two out of five young adults have a substance use disorder.

The study, which was published in the Journal of American College Health, surveyed more than 3,200 young adults both in college and not in college and found nearly 40 percent of college students and more than 44 percent of their non-college peers had at least one substance use disorder within the past year. 

More than 50,000 -- or 16 percent -- of Iowa's children ages 10 to 17 are considered obese, according to data released this week by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Iowa health experts have been awarded a $10 million grant to study the state’s increasing maternal mortality rate.

Iowa has one of the highest obesity rates in the country, according a new report by the non-profit Trust for America's Health.

More than 35 percent of Iowans are considered obese, making it seventh in the nation. That's significantly higher than the national rate of about 31 percent, according to the report.

At least two dozen people expressed concerns to the Madison County Board of Supervisors Tuesday about an ordinance that would halt the construction of wind turbines for at least two years.

The proposed ordinance has come in response to concerns about potential health impacts from the turbines from the county board of health.

The board has recommended that turbines be built at least a mile and a half from houses.

A recent study by the University of Iowa found many rural Iowans may not be receiving care that meets an accrediting group’s standards.