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Alzheimer’s Association expands caregiver support programs

To honor the nearly 12 million unpaid Alzheimer and dementia caregivers in the U.S. during National Family Caregivers and National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, the Alzheimer’s Association Iowa Chapter has expanded its caregiver support programs. The organization launched three new…

University of Iowa Health Care faculty receive national honors

Three University of Iowa researchers have received national honors for their work in virology and…

UIHC University of Iowa Health Care faculty receive national honors

Mental Health First Aid helps make mental health a workplace priority

Megan Hammes says prevention is key when it comes to health and wellness — and…

Megan Hammes of Hammes Homestead and Consulting leads a Mental Health First Aid training course. CREDIT MEGAN HAMMES

ChildServe announces license transition to specialty hospital designation

ChildServe will officially transition its licensure from a nursing facility to a specialty hospital designation,…

ChildServe Des Moines

UI Health Care to open new family medicine clinic in Tiffin

University of Iowa Health Care will move forward with a new family and community medical…

A patient and doctor at UI Health Care's Family Medicine Clinic on Scott Boulevard.

Iowa City VA to unveil expanded Decorah clinic with ribbon-cutting ceremony

The Iowa City VA Health Care System will host a ribbon-cutting Monday, April 28 on…

The Iowa City VA Medical Center, 601 Highway 6

St. Luke’s Auxiliary donates $250,000 for mental health services

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Auxiliary has gifted a quarter-million-dollars to St. Luke’s Foundation for…

AbbeHealth Abbe Center

GALLERY: University of Iowa Health Care opens North Liberty medical campus

University of Iowa Health Care and Corridor leaders gathered Friday, April 11 for a ribbon-cutting…

University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center North Liberty at 701 W. Forevergreen Rd. The 469,000-square-foot facility opens April 28.

COVID-19 and health care: How have we changed?

From a medical perspective, COVID-19 is not the public health care emergency it was five…

COVID-19 MICU UI Health Care

Former Mercy CEO Tim Charles tapped as Coe College instructor

When you’re taking Exploration in Health and Society at Coe College with retired president and…

Tim Charles, retired Mercy Medical president and CEO, now teaches Exploration in Health and Society at Coe College.

Chris DeWolf receives Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) awarded its Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award to…

Chris DeWolf Lil' Drug Store CHPA Combe award

Mission Cancer + Blood opens new facility in Waukee

Mission Cancer + Blood, a recent addition to University of Iowa Health Care, has opened…

Mission Cancer + Blood, part of University of Iowa Health Care, recently opened a 21,000-square-foot clinic in Waukee.

Washington County Hospital and Clinics receives Business of the Year award

Washington County Hospital and Clinics was named Business of the Year at the Washington County…

Washington County Hospital and Clinics was named Business of the Year at the Greater Washington Business Partnership Annual Dinner on March 10.

UI Health Care North Liberty medical campus to open April 28 

The University of Iowa Health Care’s new medical campus in North Liberty will open next…

UI Health Care Workers union protest for better wages, benefits

Members of the University of Iowa Health Care workers union picketed at the corner of…

A member of UI Health Care's union SEIU holds a sign that declares "Restore merges staff seniority now!" at the corner of Melrose Avenue and Hawkeye Drive Wednesday. Health care workers say the 3% wage increase offered by the Iowa Board of Regents isn't enough.

St. Luke’s earns first trauma certification in Iowa for freestanding ER

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital Marion Emergency Room has earned the first trauma certification…

St. Luke's Marion ER ribbon cutting