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Iowa Walking College announces 2018 class

Healthiest State Initiative and the Iowa Department of Public Health announced that 12 Iowans have been accepted into the 2018 Iowa Walking College. The 2018 class of the Iowa Walking College represents 11 communities, expanding …

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Federal judge grants class-action status in ACA payments appeal

A federal judge last week granted class-action status to health insurers that failed to receive payments as part of an Affordable Care Act consumer assistance initiative that President Donald Trump ended last October, Best’s Insurance …

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Roosevelt High School graduate to be featured on ’60 Minutes’

An Iowa high school alumni and MIT geneticist will be a featured expert this Sunday on the national news program “60 Minutes” during a segment explaining CRISPR technology. Feng Zhang is a 2000 graduate of …

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Iowa faces critical doctor shortage, only expected to get worse

Out of all 50 states, Iowa ranked 46th in 2016 for the total number of physicians active in patient care per 100,000 people, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reports. Recent reports by the Association of American Medical …

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ISU to roll out master’s program for dietitians

A new master’s degree at Iowa State University will enable registered dietitians to earn their graduate degrees ahead of a national deadline to receive that credential. The new Master of Professional Practice in Dietetics degree program will …

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Phishing attack compromises information of 16,000 UnityPoint Health patients

About 16,000 UnityPoint Health patients could have had personal information compromised after a phishing attack in February, the Des Moines Register reports. In a letter to patients sent April 16, UnityPoint Health said that patient accounts …

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State receives $50.9 million tobacco settlement payment

Tobacco companies involved in a 1998 landmark settlement transferred about $50.9 million to Iowa’s treasury on Thursday, Attorney General Tom Miller’s office announced. In the last 20 years, Iowa has received more than $1.2 billion …

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Insurance commissioner allows extension of transitional health plans

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen today issued a bulletin to all health insurers that issue policies in the state to notify them that Iowa will allow the extension of transitional health insurance policies for individuals and small …

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Decker named executive director of Catholic Charities

Bishop Richard Pates has named Barbara Quijano Decker as the new executive director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Des Moines. Decker, who is currently president of Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des …

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Des Moines gets nod for clean air; Davenport’s worsens

The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report listed Des Moines and West Des Moines among cities with the cleanest air, based on smog levels. Those two cities, along with Ames, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, …