Health
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Major drugmakers capped cost of asthma inhalers at $35 per month after investigation from Democrats
AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, and GlaxoSmithKline all agreed to cap the price of asthma inhalers earlier this year following an investigation by a Democratic-led Senate Committee.
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Meet the people ensuring Iowans have abortion access
Abortion access will be harder once Iowa’s near-total abortion ban goes into effect, but there are people and organizations working to make sure Iowans can still get abortion care. And they’re not going anywhere.
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Stillbirth prevention group celebrates legislative win in VP Kamala Harris’ office
Healthy Birth Day spent years advocating for a bill that would allow the use of federal funds to prevent stillbirths. July 22 would have marked Grace Elizabeth’s 21st birthday had she not been stillborn due to a true knot of the umbilical cord. Her parents thought her death was preventable and have spent the ensuing…
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Diamond Shruumz brand products linked to illness in Iowa
Following reported illnesses, the Iowa government has issued a warning on the consumption of Diamond Shruumz products.
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Iowa seniors would pay more for prescription drugs under Project 2025
Project 2025 calls for repealing the Inflation Reduction Act, which would cause millions of American seniors to pay more for their prescription drugs.
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As Iowa food banks hit record demand, advocates push Reynolds to approve Summer EBT
Gov. Kim Reynolds blamed childhood obesity on her decision not to feed Iowa kids over the summer, but the coalition hopes to change her mind with a petition. As food pantries across Iowa continue to face record demand, a group of anti-hunger nonprofits is renewing its calls for Gov. Kim Reynolds to accept $29 million…
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Can anything be done legally to stop Iowa’s abortion ban?
After Friday’s ruling, the legal options to stop Iowa’s abortion ban are limited, but they do exist.
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How to get an abortion if you live in Iowa
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a near-total abortion ban should be allowed to go into effect. There will be at least three weeks before the injunction goes away, but people who need abortions should start planning now. The near-total ban—which leaves enforcement up to the Iowa Board of Medicine—requires doctors to look…
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Iowa reproductive rights orgs vow to keep fighting after abortion ban
Supporters of reproductive rights are disappointed that Iowa’s abortion ban will take effect, but they won’t stop fighting for bodily autonomy. Leah Vanden Bosch said Friday’s ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court was an “absolute devastation that violates human rights.” The Iowa Supreme Court dissolved a 2023 injunction that blocked a near-total abortion ban in…
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Iowa’s statewide elected officials react to abortion ban
Iowa Republicans celebrated while Iowa Democrats lamented after the Iowa Supreme Court allowed the state’s six-week abortion ban to take effect on Friday.
