public health

Understanding the threat that extreme heat poses and discussing how we can build and plan for a hotter future

University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson discusses the UI’s move to acquire Mercy Hospital of Iowa City and shares her thoughts on academic freedom, the independence of public universities and more.

On October 1st, 1982 Rhonda Lyons was among 12 people who died after a mass shooting in the Mother Lode Bar in Sacramento California. At the time, "mass shooting" was not the household term it is today.

Governor Kim Reynolds has called a special legislative session for July 11, after the state supreme court declined to reinstate a 2018 abortion ban after about six weeks of pregnancy.

Direct farm-to-consumer sales of raw milk will be legal beginning July 1.

People with substance use disorders often encounter biases in the medical community.

Until recently, Dr. George Weiner served as the head of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa. He reflects on his career and 25 years of cancer research.

When environmental and other factors are right, girls and women learn at least a little about menstruation before they experience their first period.

A months-long nationwide shortage of Adderall has prescribers, pharmacists and physicians waiting for relief.

Experts discuss the latest Cancer in Iowa Report and look back on 50 years of the Cancer Registry.