Health Care

Neonatologist Patrick J. McNamara MB, BCh, visits with Nash Keen and Nash’s parents Mollie and Randall Keen at University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Nash was born in July 2024 as the earliest baby ever born at 21 weeks, 0 days gestation. He has survived with very minimal complications and is home and thriving.

University of Iowa hospital technology helps save world’s most premature baby

A combination of advanced technology, standardized protocols and highly specialized care at University of Iowa Health Care’s Stead Family Children’s Hospital helped save the life of Nash Keen, now recognized as the world’s most premature baby to survive. Nash was…

Wolfe Eye Clinic offers new advanced macular degeneration treatment

Wolfe Eye Clinic is offering a new, groundbreaking treatment that will affect Iowans who suffer…

QuickVisit Urgent Care opens in Washington County

A new QuickVisit Urgent Care has opened in Washington County after a grand opening ceremony…

An urgent care opened this month in Washington County at 2489 Highway 92. CREDIT LYLE MOEN

IC Free Medical and Dental Clinic appoints new executive director

The IC Free Medical and Dental Clinic has named Dr. Jennie Schmidt as new executive…

IC Free Medical and Dental Clinic Executive Director Barbara Vinograde is retiring after working for the clinic for 28 years. CREDIT JENNIE SCHMIDT

UnityPoint, Presbyterian explore forming new health care organization  

West Des Moines-based UnityPoint Health and New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services have signed a letter…

St. Luke’s Hospital

Iowa City VA to participate in practice-changing initiative

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has tapped the Iowa City VA Health Care System…

Perspective Therapeutics: New name, new headquarters

Precision and personalization are just two of the characteristics that Perspective Therapeutics executives agree make…

Stead Children’s Hospital windows to cost $45 million

A plan to replace damaged windows at the Stead Family Children’s Hospital for $45 million…

Stead Family Children's Hospital University of Iowa faulty windows lawsuit

CBJ Health Care Summit panelists address health care costs, competition

A group of local health care panelists fielded a series of questions from Corridor Business…

CBJ Health Care Summit panelists

Digital Diagnostics, Saudi Arabia-based healthcare firm partner

Digital Diagnostics — maker of IDx-DR, the first-ever FDA-cleared, fully autonomous AI system for the…

Digital Diagnostic's partnership is aimed at developing affordable healthcare to people in Saudi Arabia. CREDIT DIGITAL DIAGNOSTICS

UnityPoint announces recipients of AEDs, Stop the Bleed kits

UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Hospital, through St. Luke’s Foundation, has announced the recipients of 56 AEDs…

St. Luke’s Hospital

Covenant Family Solutions expanding to Davenport

Covenant Family Solutions (CFS), a behavioral healthcare provider based in Cedar Rapids, announced the opening…

Covenant Family Solutions

Health Care Summit speaker: Parallel integration can address crisis

Tim Sagers gets straight to the point: We’re spending more in the U.S. on health…

Tim Sagers Captive Health

EIHC offers Saturday vaccine clinics, free transportation

Eastern Iowa Health Center in Cedar Rapids is offering eight Saturday clinics for individuals interested…

UI researcher wins global biomedical science prize

University of Iowa researcher Dr. Michael Welsh will receive the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences…

Michael Welsh, pictured in 2022, has researched mechanisms and treatment of cystic fibrosis for decades. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Medtech companies merge to form Perspective Therapeutics

Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting has formally merged with Isoray Inc. out of Richland, Washington to…

Perspective Therapeutics has formed following a merger between Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting and Isoray Inc. in Washington. CREDIT PERSPECTIVE THERAPEUTICS