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Blank Children’s Hospital has appointed Dr. Wendy Woods-Swafford as medical director of Blank Children’s Hospital and Women’s Services. She assumes day-to-day leadership responsibilities today, succeeding Dr. Ken Cheyne, who will become director of the Pediatric …
The 100 Great Iowa Nurses program announced that the 2019 honorees have been selected and that their names have been posted online. Nurses selected for the honor represent many sectors of health care, including hospitals, long-term …
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development is giving funding priority in a key grant program for applications that address opioid misuse in rural communities. USDA Rural Development’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant program provides financial …
Des Moines-based EveryStep, a nonprofit health care services organization with operations in 47 Iowa counties, announced that it will implement a $15 hourly wage for its employees, effective immediately. The change will increase wages as much as …
The Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Program at MercyOne Children’s Hospital in Des Moines has achieved a mortality rate of 1 percent, which is about one-third of the national average. The rate, calculated by the Society of …
The St. Anthony Foundation has announced a $7 million capital campaign for a new regional cancer center in Carroll that will serve hundreds of residents each year in west-central Iowa. The capital campaign will fund …
The Alzheimer’s Association’s Iowa Chapter is marking Black History Month by raising awareness for African-Americans about their increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. “While African-Americans are more likely to develop Alzheimer‘s disease …
The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine has committed more than $3.5 million to transform biomolecular research at Iowa State University, making it a leader in advanced electron microscopy technology, the ISU Foundation announced. The grant …
The Iowa House will likely consider changes to the state’s medical cannabidiol law, increasing the number of practitioners who can give Iowans access, reports the Cedar Rapids Gazette. The Medical Cannabidiol Board in the Legislature is …
The Iowa Board of Medicine has named Kent Nebel as its executive director. Nebel has been the board’s legal director for nearly 20 years and interim director since July 2018 following the departure of Mark …
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