Medical waste — or infectious waste as it’s referred to in Iowa code — can range from items like blood soaked bandages to used needles. Pathological waste is a type of infectious waste. This term ...

Democrats hoping to represent Iowa in Washington, D.C., highlighted the need for a new Farm Bill, an end to foreign trade ...

Jennifer Konfrst, a Democrat challenging US Rep. Zach Nunn, told Ottumwa voters that rural areas deserve her party's ...

A 15-year effort by Leona Helmsley’s philanthropy to improve rural health care offers lessons for other grant makers.

As the mental health crisis has increased demand for behavioral health services, Innovive Health has found its niche ...

Medication-delivering drones and telehealth at local libraries are among the ideas state leaders revealed in November for ...

The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H-1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.

Extraordinary families and their premature babies defy medical odds, setting world records for the earliest and smallest ...

To the research team working to save him, KJ Muldoon was first known only as Patient Eta. But within months, KJ’s name — and ...

Alberto Rangel was a therapist and a social worker at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Ward 86. He died on Saturday, after being stabbed by a patient on Thursday, December 4.

This policy shift, which significantly increases the cost of sponsoring highly skilled immigrant workers, has caused ...

Welch: Trump is “trying to cover up his mistakes and the pain he’s caused in rural America.” ...