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YSS unveils plans, name for new nature-based youth recovery campus

YSS shared the designs for its new youth recovery campus that will be located south of Ames and announced the facility’s name: Ember. “Ember symbolizes a small glowing fragment of a fire that can be …

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Kruse, Reisetter named to key positions with Iowa HHS

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced two key leadership positions. Dr. Robert Kruse will join the agency as the state medical director, and Sarah Reisetter has been named deputy director …

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Rising costs prompt a dozen Iowa nursing homes to close

Radio Iowa: A dozen Iowa nursing homes have closed in the past seven months for financial reasons. Iowa Health Care Association President and CEO Brent Willett said that like any industry, nursing homes face rising operating …

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Person infected by ‘brain-eating amoeba’ dies; southern Iowa beach remains closed

Des Moines Register: A Missouri resident infected with a rare “brain-eating amoeba” this month after swimming at a southern Iowa beach has died. Iowa officials closed the Lake of Three Fires State Park near Taylor County …

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Cedar Rapids to reinstitute mask mandate in city buildings

KCRG-TV: Amid an increase in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s community level of COVID-19 in Linn County, the city of Cedar Rapids will be requiring masks for visitors. The new requirement goes into effect …

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National three-digit suicide and mental health crisis hotline 988 begins Saturday

Des Moines Register: Iowans experiencing a mental health crisis will soon have a faster way to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. On Saturday, Iowa will join states across the country rolling out a three-digit number …

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Count the Kicks and EMBARC launch billboard campaign

A partnership between EMBARC and Healthy Birth Day Inc. is expanding access to the Count the Kicks campaign in the Burma refugee and immigrant community through a new billboard campaign. Billboards in the Burmese language …

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University of Iowa program prepares Iowa EMTs for RAGBRAI

Iowa Public Radio: A University of Iowa program is training paramedics along this year’s RAGBRAI route on how to prepare for bicycle-related injuries. The Simulation in Motion program launched its first training session for emergency service …

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LCS Foundation donates $10K to UNI Dementia Simulation House

The LCS Foundation has announced a $10,000 donation to support and increase programming at the Dementia Simulation House project at the University of Northern Iowa. The Dementia Simulation House offers participants a sensory experience to help them …

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Physicians’ groups issue ‘call to action’ for integrating behavioral health into primary care

Health insurers, employers and other stakeholders need to rally around a set of key solutions to address the crisis in behavioral health services, groups representing U.S. physicians said today.

The American Medical Association and seven …