Health Care and Medicine

Following outcry from hundreds of nurses and staff demanding more privacy in their patient interactions, University of Iowa Health Care has updated its photo ID badge policy letting employees share only their first name and last initial.

The Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine issued an emergency order indefinitely suspending the license of veterinarian Jerry Couchman, 80, who practices in and around Appanoose and Decatur counties.

Students in Kirkwood Community College’s nursing, paramedic and respiratory therapy programs came together Wednesday at the school’s Katz Family Healthcare Simulation Center for the first combined simulation exercise since 2020. Faculty and students alike said the experience would prepare students for the fast-paced, collaborative nature of real medical emergencies.

University of Iowa Health Care in the first quarter of the current 2026 fiscal year is running under budget in revenue and over budget in expenses – resulting in net operating income that is $15 million below expectations for the 2026 term that started July 1, a rarity for the largest health care system in Iowa.

ByHeart produces formula powder at a plant in Allerton, Iowa, and then ships it to a site in Portland, Oregon, for canning and distribution.

At least 15 babies in 12 states have been sickened in the outbreak tied to ByHeart formula, state and federal health officials said. That's an increase from 13 cases in 10 states reported Saturday.

The Legionella outbreak that sickened 74 people and led to two deaths in Marshalltown in August and September has been declared over after more than a month without any new cases.

A new station coming in 2026 will give EMTs at Center Point Regional Ambulance Service some needed breathing room.

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ “Healthy Hometowns” plan aims to modernize rural hospitals with federal aid from a new $50 billion fund — but health leaders warn it won’t fully offset sweeping Medicaid reductions.

The Democratic candidate for governor hosted a roundtable discussion with rural Iowa health care stakeholders

A collaborative of area health care providers and Linn County social service agencies is exploring the feasibility of creating a street medicine team to help deliver health care to the unhoused.

Two months after delaying the timeline of its new $2 billion inpatient tower, citing federal health care-related funding cuts, University of Iowa Health Care next week will ask the Board of Regents to approve $45.5 million in facilities upgrades across its three inpatient hospital campuses.