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Above + Beyond Cancer offers $50,000 ‘Cold Turkey Challenge’ to Iowa’s small towns

Above + Beyond Cancer is challenging small Iowa communities to reduce tobacco use through a friendly competition called the Cold Turkey Challenge. The initiative challenges residents of Iowa towns of fewer than 5,000 residents to …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 20, 2020
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Central Iowa alliance to launch Sesame Street in Communities initiative

   

Rochelle Haynes with her friend Cookie Monster. Submitted photo

Parents and child care providers in Central Iowa have a new, well-known partner to help their children build a good foundation of social-emotional well-being, through …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Oct 19, 2020
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City officials in Cedar Rapids expect the cost to fix damage from the Aug. 10 derecho’s hurricane-force winds will range from $60 million to $80 million — not including the cost to replenish the city’s lost tree canopy.

Des Moines Register: The Glenwood Resource Center, which has been rocked by scandals twice in the past four years, is once again under investigation for a case of possible abuse of a severely disabled resident. Kelly …
By BPC Staff | Oct 16, 2020
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Iowa coalition to participate in ‘Vaccinate the Heartland’ event scheduled Thursday

Parents, students, doctors, nurses, politicians and advocates from 10 Midwestern states will participate virtually on Thursday evening in “Vaccinate the Heartland,” a celebration of the value of immunizations for community health. Presenters will include Chelsea …
By BPC Staff | Oct 14, 2020
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Proclamation claims Oct. 13, 2020, as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day in Iowa

We’re midway through the middle of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Thanks to an increase in awareness campaigns over the last 35 years, public knowledge about the disease has increased. Perhaps lesser known, though, is Metastatic…
By EMILY BLOBAUM | Oct 14, 2020
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Mercy Medical Center staff in Cedar Rapids to have unpaid leave, furloughs

Cedar Rapids Gazette: More than 200 Mercy Medical Center employees in Cedar Rapids will be placed on furloughs or leave, a decision reflecting the significant financial headwinds the Cedar Rapids hospital and other health systems nationwide …
By BPC Staff | Oct 12, 2020
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UnityPoint Health-Des Moines receives third LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader award

UnityPoint Health-Des Moines has received the LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader designation for a third time from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The designation was awarded in the 13th edition of HRC’s Healthcare Equality Index and is …
By BPC Staff | Oct 8, 2020
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Citing COVID-19 financial impact, Mercy Iowa City to close inpatient mental health unit

Iowa City Press-Citizen: Mercy Iowa City plans to close its psychiatric inpatient unit at the end of the year due to financial losses brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Outpatient services will continue to be …
By BPC Staff | Oct 6, 2020
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Anthem to pay $39.5 million over 2014 data breach

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller joined 43 other attorneys general in a $39.5 million settlement with health benefits company Anthem over a 2014 data breach that involved personal information of 78.8 million citizens, the attorney …
By BPC Staff | Oct 2, 2020
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Big Brothers Big Sisters, health department partner on substance abuse prevention

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa and the Iowa Department of Public Health are partnering to offer substance abuse prevention training to youths and volunteers in Polk and Warren counties through funding from Improving …
By BPC Staff | Oct 1, 2020