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Center Point Regional Ambulance sets groundbreaking Thursday for new facility

Center Point Regional Ambulance will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a new facility designed to expand emergency response capabilities in northern Linn County. The ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Nov. 6 at 521 Franklin St. in Center Point.…

Newsweek names UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s ‘No. 1 hospital’ in Iowa

Newsweek/Statista has named UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s the “No. 1 Hospital in Iowa” in…

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids.

Mercy’s new freestanding Marion ER to hold ribbon-cutting, open house

Mercy Cedar Rapids will celebrate the area’s newest and largest freestanding ER in Marion with…

Mercy Marion ER

Kepros Physical Therapy expands its Marion location

Kepros Physical Therapy & Performance celebrated its Marion expansion with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday,…

Kepros Physical Therapy & Performance celebrated its Marion expansion with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, October 24.

Mercy Cedar Rapids earns accreditation for metabolic, bariatric surgery

Mercy Cedar Rapids has announced that it has once again earned accreditation from the Metabolic…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Iowa Economic Development Authority approves innovation funding for FBB Biomed

Last month, the Iowa Economic Development Authority approved a $250,000 Innovation Acceleration Launch Fund loan…

Iowa Economic Development Authority

Mercy Medical Center introduces online food ordering, delivery service to surgery waiting room

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has announced that the Baggot St. Bistro is now…

Mercy surgery waiting room food ordering

UI Health Care and Air Methods to open new AirCare helicopter base in Quad Cities

University of Iowa Health Care, in conjunction with air medical service Air Methods, has announced…

The new AirCare helicopter, a Bell 429, on the helipad at the university campus of UI Health Care on Friday, July 26, 2024.

Muscatine memories: Dr. Kim gets ready for homecoming

Dr. Jim Yong Kim — a former World Bank president, and current educator and global…

Dr. Jim Yong Kim

US News & World Report ranks UI Health Care for best children’s hospital in Iowa

University of Iowa Health Care’s Stead Family Children’s Hospital has been recognized in nine pediatric…

The new 14-floor University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital located south of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City is mostly complete, with all patients transferred as of March 25. Photos Shuva Rahim

Lil’ Drug Store continues explosive growth as it celebrates 50 years

Back in 1974, Lil’ Drug Store began with a simple value proposition: “If you’re driving…

Lil' Drug Store warehouse 1

Board of Regents approve UI Health Care’s acquisition of oncology clinic

The Iowa Board of Regents has approved University of Iowa Health Care’s $280 million asset…

Exterior twilight view of UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Washington County Hospitals & Clinics recognized as Top 20 Critical Access Hospital at National Rural Health Conference

Washington County Hospital and Clinics (WCHC) was recognized last month for its commitment to excellence…

Todd Patterson, CEO of Washington County Hospitals and Clinics, poses with the Top 20 Critical Access Hospital award at the National Rural Health Association’s Critical Access Hospital Conference in September.

‘Everyone Can Work’: Iowa City celebrates 34 years of ADA, spotlights inclusion and disability employment at downtown event

Iowa City marked the 34th anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and…

Iowa City Mayor Pro Tem Mazahir Salih reads a proclamation from the city declaring October 2024 National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

University of Iowa Health Care seeks $280 million acquisition of oncology practice to expand cancer treatment in Iowa

The University of Iowa Health Care is seeking approval from the Iowa Board of Regents…

Jessica Stonis, RN MSN, Clinical Practice Leader, with simulated patient in the 4 PFP cancer infusion center on Monday, March 6, 2023.

Especially for You Race sets participation record

A record-setting 16,679 people registered for the 34th annual Especially for You Race Against Breast…

Especially for You Race 2024