Natalie Krebs
Health ReporterNatalie Krebs is the health reporter for Iowa Public Radio.
Natalie joined Iowa Public Radio in May 2019. She previously worked as an independent producer in west Texas covering everything from immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border to environmental issues in the Permian Basin.
Natalie is a native Minnesotan. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. You can contact Natalie at nkrebs@iowapublicradio.org.
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New proposed rules for nursing home staffing levels by the Biden administration elicited mixed reactions. Nursing home workers say they’re much needed and long overdue. But some Republican governors echo the long-term care industry’s concerns. They say the measures will push some facilities to shut down.
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Iowa Senate Democrats are calling Republicans to hold a government oversight committee meeting on Iowa's nursing homes.
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A new lawsuit filed by Johnson County OB/GYNs who were at the center of a 2022 exceptional medical malpractice case have filed a lawsuit claiming their insurance company put its own financial interests above its clients' and used the case to influence Iowa politicians to pass tort reform.
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Recent studies have found elevated levels of nitrate in drinking water correlates with health issues like cancer and thyroid disease — even below what current federal standards deem as safe. But health research necessary to take federal action is slow-going, and some environmental health experts are concerned officials aren’t acting fast enough.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds says Iowa National Guard troops and Iowa State Police have returned from their deployment at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas.
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A state subcommittee that has proposed the elimination of more than a quarter of Iowa’s boards and commissions heard more than two hours of public testimony Wednesday.
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The emergency contraception reimbursement requests for rape victims are pending at Attorney General Brenna Bird's office office months after she put the practice on pause.
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Former Texas Congressman Will Hurd took questions from the audience at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox about foreign policy and former President Donald Trump.
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Republican presidential nominee Asa Hutchinson said he's disappointed the GOP frontrunner will not participate in the first Republican debate.
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Libertarian Chase Oliver presented himself as an alternative to the U.S.'s two-party system and said he wants to limit government intervention.