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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Libertarian Chase Oliver presented himself as an alternative to the U.S.'s two-party system and said he wants to limit government intervention.
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The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services said it is reopening the search for an administrator to oversee a new state program of crisis pregnancy centers that support childbirth over abortion.
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The attorneys general of Iowa and Nebraska filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming the EPA has not responded to their request with five other Midwestern governors to make E-15 fuel available year-round.
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A report by the March of Dimes found 33 of Iowa's 99 counties have no OB/GYN and no birthing hospitals or birthing centers.
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Iowa Health and Human Services officials said around 120,000 Iowans have been disenrolled since the start of Medicaid unwinding in April. About three-fourths of those have been for procedural reasons.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds is asking the Iowa Supreme Court to review a temporary injunction on an abortion law issued by a district judge earlier this week.
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It's been a year since 988 launched. The new, easy-to-remember number that replaced the 10-digit suicide prevention lifeline comes at a time when demand for mental health services has soared.
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A Polk County judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking an Iowa law that would ban abortion after cardiac activity is detected.
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A district court judge sentenced Fairfield teen Willard Miller to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years for the 2021 murder of his Spanish teacher Nohema Graber.
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The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Kim Reynolds and her former communications director can be dismissed from a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former state Department of Public Health employee, who alleges she was forced to resign for fulfilling journalists' public information requests.