Iowa Dept. of Public Health

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.

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.

Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe talks to medical anthropologist Emily Mendenhall — who's from Okoboji — who studied the pandemic in her hometown.

A nonprofit serving people with developmental disabilities is coming to Iowa after the announcement of a state-run facility’s closure.

Polly Carver-Kimm alleged she was forced to resign for fulfilling public records requests at the Iowa Department of Public Health, and the state is trying to remove Gov. Kim Reynolds from her lawsuit.

A recent report shows an increase not only in alcohol use but also in the number of alcohol-involved deaths. It also details some policy recommendations to reduce these deaths.

Iowa officials have launched an ad campaign targeting child mental health and suicide prevention as they report an increase in younger children experiencing crises.

State health officials say preliminary data for 2021 indicates STI rates increased last year, particularly for syphilis.

The non-profit Trust for America's Health has ranked Iowa in its top tier for emergency preparedness in its annual report.

Iowa health officials are reporting COVID-19 hospitalizations and test positivity rates continue to drop significantly as the state prepares to switch how it reports pandemic data next week.