Employers expect health insurance costs to jump an additional 8.2% for 2027.
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Many Americans have opted to go without health insurance altogether, a situation that the ACA was originally meant to address.
- Marc Ramirez USA Today
Blood centers long relied on high school and university blood drives to introduce young people to the importance of donating. The COVID-19 pandemic brought it all to a halt.
- Ashley Mizuo KFF Health News
Of the almost 700,000 Native Hawaiians in the U.S., about 47% live in Hawaii. They are not among the 575 federally recognized tribes.
- Mrinalika Roy Reuters
Its off-label use is on the rise, primarily to treat symptoms related to menopause.
- Jeremy Gorner Chicago Tribune
The ruling came in a federal lawsuit filed this year by two disabled patients, a doctor and several disability and patients’ rights organizations.
- Ahmed Aboulenein and Yasmeen Abutaleb Reuters
It said "user fees" passed on to consumers by the Biden administration were in excess of what was needed to run the federal exchange.
Some patients are left in a tough spot, qualifying for Part D coverage of a GLP-1 but facing much higher cost-sharing.
Cancer experts have hailed it as the beginning of an era of custom-made vaccines that train the immune system to fight an individual patient’s cancer.
Nationwide, hospital workers are seven times as likely to be injured on the job due to violent acts as members of the general working population.
About 21,000 Haitian TPS holders worked in the U.S. as caregivers, serving roughly 77,000 patients.
The companies said their vaccine helped prevent the return and spread of melanoma in a trial that involved more than 1,000 patients.
The federal government finalized a rule requiring millions of people to prove they work, volunteer or go to school or they’ll lose Medicaid benefits.
The rule does not ban the procedures but removes the federal support that makes them accessible to millions of low-income children.
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Democratic congressional nominee Dave Dawson will hold a public town hall in Council Bluffs on Sept. 26 as part of a 12-county tour ahead of the November election.
Crawford County saw a 27.4% reduction in church membership after a decade, according to religion census data compiled by the Des Moines Register.
BOONE — A Boone man is dead in a Sunday crash that also injured two children in Boone County.
East Buchanan and Maquoketa Valley combined to create a logjam in Class A District 4, along with upheaval in The Gazette’s weekly Class A football rankings. The top three remained the same in that class — West Sioux, Woodbury Central and Saint Ansgar, in that order. But East Buchanan’s 14-9 victory over former No. 4 North Linn, along with Maquoketa Valley’s 7-6 triumph over then-No. 5 Wapsie ...
Thousands of low-income Iowans don’t have easy access to birth control, according to a new analysis by reproductive policy nonprofits Power to Decide and the Guttmacher Institute. The organizations combined county-level estimates of people in need of low-cost or no-cost contraceptives with estimates of how many patients publicly funded health clinics could see each year. In Iowa, an estimated ...
The Soyfoods Council, an Iowa-based nonprofit created and funded by the state’s soybean farmers, has released a free recipe booklet called “The Magic of Miso.” The booklet, which is available for download at www.thesoyfoodscouncil.com, features dozens of recipes and tips for enhancing common foods, along with hints for cooking with miso. Miso, which is a soybean paste fermented with rice, ...
IOWA CITY — Iowa City Police Chief Dustin Liston says he will hire three officers as soon as possible for the downtown and Pedestrian Mall area, following last week’s City Council vote approving the hires. The Iowa City police and University of Iowa Police departments have worked together to provide more officers in the Ped Mall following a large fight that started in the early morning hours ...
Edmunds reports on the best SUVs for parents, highlighting the 2026 Hyundai Palisade Hybrid as a top choice for its safety and practicality.
ZoomInfo reports Dreamforce 2026 highlighted a focus on clean data, practical tech adoption, and AI integration, shifting from hype to execution and ROI.
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Offerpad reports that regional cost per square foot varies widely in the U.S., affecting real estate pricing. Coastal areas like California have higher prices, limiting space, while the Sun Belt and Midwest offer more generous floor plans for the same budget.
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The owner of a Dow City bar will spend up to a decade in prison for sexually abusing an employee.
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Trump’s remaking of the Rose Garden continues with sculptures lining one side of the paved-over garden, facing the Oval Office.
Rob Sand, Iowa Democratic candidate for governor, talks about Iowa's tradition of electing a balanced slate of politicians regardless of party affiliation.