Iowa

Iowa’s attorney general sued two proprietors - one from the Tampa area - she says were responsible for deceptive mailings in her state. Her claims shine a light on the fight to end unproven and expensive stem cell scams.

Distrust of public health authorities, who say drinking raw milk is dangerous, fuels demand for unpasteurized milk products, leaders on both sides of the issue say.

The woman was unresponsive, and nurses were unable to detect her breathing. A state agency report found the facility "failed to ensure residents received dignified treatment and care at end of life."

Many small-town care facilities that remain open are limiting admissions, citing a lack of staff, while a wave of others shutter. That means more patients are marooned in hospitals or placed far away from their families.

Facing shortages of critical care beds, medication and frontline staff amid the onslaught of RSV, COVID and the flu, hospitals serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are collaborating to get children the treatment they need.

The number of U.S. health care providers certified to prescribe buprenorphine more than doubled in the past four years, and treatment advocates hope to see that trend continue.

Joseph Dudley and his wife Sarah Dudley claim Joseph became ill in 2017 and went to a clinic in Des Moines, where a physician's assistant made an incorrect diagnosis. Two days later, Joseph was in a hospital ER.

Republican legislators sent Iowa's governor a bill early Wednesday that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, usually around six…