public health

Experts discuss how to make the workplace better for people on the autism spectrum

A Des Moines-area nonprofit has been holding youth town halls, a chance for students to bring their concerns directly to faculty and administrators — and the program has yielded some results.

Experts discuss the role of alcohol use in developing cancer, along with other findings from the latest Cancer in Iowa report.

Across the Kansas City metro, departments are making strategic efforts to rebuild since COVID and prepare for future health emergencies. But they are fighting uphill battles against lackluster funding, a mass exodus of employees and public perception.

Yield Giving has donated more than $14 billion to more than 1,600 entities since 2019, including the Siouxland Community Health Center.

On this archived episode of River to River we listen back to a conversation with the retired director of the University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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.