Iowa Dept. of Public Health

The Iowa Maternal Mortality Review Committee's most recent report found the majority of deaths between 2019 and 2021 were preventable.

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services says it was already "winding down" programs related to COVID funding that were canceled by the federal government this week.

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services reported an increase in student sicknesses across the state this week. A few schools even closed because of high levels of absenteeism.

Iowa’s health department announced the boundaries of seven behavioral health districts Thursday, following a new state law aimed at making it easier for Iowans to access mental health and substance use treatment services.

Iowa is just starting to receive what will ultimately be $174 million in opioid settlement funds over the course of 18 years. But how the money will be spent is concerning public health experts and advocates.

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has four contracts with crisis pregnancy centers under the More Options For Maternal Support program.

May 1 marked a year since Iowa started disenrolling those no longer eligible from Medicaid. The number of Iowans disenrolled so far exceeds the state's initial projections.

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.