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Mercy Medical Center partners with Des Moines anesthesiology group

Mercy Medical Center has entered a new partnership with Des Moines-based Medical Center Anesthesiologists (MCA) to provide anesthesiology services as the hospital continues its move toward a full-employment staffing model for anesthesia care. MCA, which has served the Iowa region…

Applications accepted for Community Food and Farm Grant

Johnson County is accepting applications through 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, for the second Community…

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Mercy, St. Luke’s named to PINC AI Top 100 Hospitals 2023 list

Mercy Medical Center and UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital, both in Cedar Rapids, have…

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Registration is open for the Especially For You race

Registration is still open for the 33rd annual Especially for You (EFY) Race Against Breast…

IDT, Aldevron partner to expand solutions for gene, cell therapy customers

IDT and Aldevron, two leading CRISPR gene editing companies, today announced a strategic partnership to…

IDT and Aldevron have partnered to expand key CRISPR solutions for cell and gene therapy customers worldwide. CREDIT IDT

Mercy, Alliant light the night pink to promote breast cancer awareness

Mercy Medical Center and Alliant Energy are joining forces to light the night pink on…

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Johnson Co. Public Health receives Excellence in Action award

The Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) has selected the Johnson County Public Health Jynneos…

Hospice House of Mercy dedicates new gazebo on Sept. 13

A newly constructed gazebo at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, located…

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Community Health offering free prostate cancer screening

Community Health Free Clinic, First Light Christian Fellowship and Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids…

Cedar Rapids area company teams gearing up for CycleNation

Dozens of employee teams from leading companies around Cedar Rapids will ride to improve brain…

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Bankruptcy trustee objects to UI’s plans for a speedy purchase of Mercy Hospital

A federal bankruptcy trustee has objected to plans by the University of Iowa to fast-track…

Mercy Iowa City hospital, pictured Aug. 9, 2023. CREDIT ALEXANDRA OLSEN

Canine healers join UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital

Two new furry employees will soon greet patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family…

Nacho and Corrin, recent additions to the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital, pose with their handlers.

Mercy acquires new breast specimen imaging system

Cedar Rapids-based Mercy Medical Center has acquired the first CT (3D) breast specimen imaging system…

UI sports medicine offers walk-in clinic for injured student athletes

Injured student athletes will have easier access to treatment thanks to walk-in clinics hosted by…

UI Sports Medicine will offer walk-in clinics for injured student athletes starting Saturday, Aug. 26. CREDIT UI Sports Medicine

Officials ‘grateful’ as new Coralville VA outpatient clinic opens

An expanded Veterans Administration (VA) community-based outpatient clinic in Coralville, in the works for several…

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Niermann named UnityPoint East Division COO; Greene named Cedar Rapids market president

UnityPoint Health has appointed Michelle Niermann, UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids President and CEO, as…

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