Health and Wellness

The Polk County Health Department will hold its annual drive-thru flu clinic on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to noon at the health department’s office at 1907 Carpenter Ave. in Des Moines. “Swing through …

The Wellmark Foundation has received 119 applications for Community Kickstarter grants, and now it’s time for Iowans to vote for their favorite community projects. Each grant will fund up to $10,000 for projects in Iowa …

The city of Des Moines will hold a citywide walk event on Oct. 5 as part of the Healthiest State Initiative’s annual walk. In order to involve businesses and organizations from the Capitol to the Western Gateway, …

Dorothy Schaefer’s will provided $2 million to establish the William and Grace Lewis Scholarship Endowment Fund to support nursing education and certification at UnityPoint Health-Des Moines. A portion of the interest each year will be …

Des Moines-based Lifespace Communities announced it has hired a new senior vice president for business development to lead growth through mergers and acquisitions. Hired is Joe Anderson, who has nearly three decades of …

Early responses from a major Mercer survey indicate U.S. employers expect that per-employee group health benefit costs will increase by 4 percent on average in 2017, after they make planned changes such as raising deductibles …