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Iowa sets new 2021 high for COVID hospitalizations

Des Moines Register: More Iowans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 than at any point earlier in 2021, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health today. The weekly data release shows 638 Iowans hospitalized …
By BPC Staff | Sep 22, 2021
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Broadlawns board to vote Thursday on new president/CEO

The Broadlawns Medical Center board of trustees is scheduled to vote on who will be the hospital’s next president and CEO during a special meeting on Thursday.

Hospital officials confirmed the meeting following the board’s …
By BPC Staff | Sep 22, 2021
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Concert testing requirements fill up Des Moines-area urgent care sites

Axios Des Moines: Urgent care facilities are becoming inundated by COVID test-seekers as more events in Des Moines are requiring either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test, local health officials say. Health care providers …
By BPC Staff | Sep 21, 2021
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Broadlawns to build clinic near Drake, replacing university’s student health center

Broadlawns Medical Center will build a clinic on the corner of 29th Street and University Avenue to better serve residents in the Drake University neighborhood and members of the university community. The announcement was made …
By BPC Staff | Sep 21, 2021
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Hy-Vee hiring 2,000 pharmacy technicians, starting apprenticeship program

Hy-Vee Inc. is hiring 2,000 full- and part-time pharmacy technicians at its more than 275 pharmacies located in eight states including Iowa. The West Des Moines-based grocer is also starting a new pharmacy technician apprenticeship …
By BPC Staff | Sep 20, 2021
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Iowa’s obesity rate rose during the pandemic

Axios Des Moines: The number of states where adults with obesity make up at least 35% of the population significantly jumped from two years ago, according to new CDC data. And Iowa is among the latest …
By BPC Staff | Sep 20, 2021
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Iowa Poll: Feds shouldn’t order employers to require COVID shots, 52% say

Des Moines Register: More than half of all Iowans oppose a new federal effort to pressure millions of American workers into accepting COVID shots, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. The new poll comes …
By BPC Staff | Sep 20, 2021
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Collins Aerospace owner to require COVID vaccines for all U.S. employees

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Raytheon Technologies, the parent company of Cedar Rapids’ largest employer, Collins Aerospace, will require all U.S. employees to be vaccinated, the company said. With about 9,000 employees in Cedar Rapids and Coralville, Collins …
By BPC Staff | Sep 16, 2021
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OSHA investigating hazmat incident at Des Moines-area FedEx Freight facility

Des Moines Register: Allegations about potential mishandling of hazardous materials at a FedEx Corp. facility near Des Moines raise safety and environmental questions and have sparked a state probe. State inspectors began looking into the FedEx …
By BPC Staff | Sep 14, 2021
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Des Moines Performing Arts enacts mask, proof of vaccination requirements

Des Moines Performing Arts has announced that beginning Sept. 25 all guests attending a performance inside a DMPA venue must wear a mask at all times. According to a news release, guests also must show …
By BPC Staff | Sep 14, 2021
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