rural health

A look at how a lack of maternity healthcare resources in Iowa affects outcomes for parents and babies, plus how new abortion restrictions may impact care

Iowa physician assistants who have practiced medicine for at least two years will no longer need to be supervised by a specific physician under a new law.

For some towns in rural Iowa, it's possible to shrink and yet still thrive.

The new owners want to resume 24-hour urgent care.

The 2023 report by the Iowa Cancer Center predictions Iowans will have 20,800 new cases and 6,800 deaths from cancer.

Iowa pet clinics are having trouble recruiting enough vets. Meanwhile, many households took in new pets during the pandemic.

A new federal designation would allow struggling hospitals to end inpatient services, but some have concerns about how that could affect rural health care.

The annual County Health Rankings rated Dallas County as the healthiest county in Iowa, and Montgomery County as the least healthy.

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

Dos congresistas de Iowa apoyan un proyecto de ley (Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act) que aclara que las actividades de prevención de la mortalidad fetal pueden financiarse a través de la Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant, que se asigna a todos los departamentos de salud estatales.