Hospitals

The number of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 remains high across the country — and the Midwest. With the delta variant dominating cases, patients now are younger, sicker and often require more intensive care, hospitals like Methodist in Des Moines are facing pressure.

With roughly a third of the vaccine-eligible population in the U.S. still not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, public health officials have been calling on trusted community voices to address hesitancy, mistrust and misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine. Keith Thomas has taken that message to heart.

The bilingual podcast, which focuses on the lives of Midwestern Latinx, is based out of WNIN in Evansville, Indiana.

Hospitals have a lot of tests to find a problem, such as X-rays, MRIs and CT scans. But studies show that Black and Hispanic patients are less likely to get this imaging in an emergency, and that might lead to other health issues.

Iowa is among the states with the fewest COVID-19 cases, but it still has over 175 confirmed cases and the total increases every day. The state’s…

A new Illinois statute aims to boost flu shot rates among healthcare workers by making it harder for employees to decline the vaccine.Lawmakers say this…

A visitor to the new wing of the Mercy hospital in Festus can likely tell immediately where the old building ends and the new part begins. The atrium…

Indiana has at least a dozen trauma hospitals which could respond in the event of a mass shooting like the one in Las Vegas Sunday night. But those…

Nothing seemed to help the patient — and hospice staff didn’t know why.They sent home more painkillers for weeks. But the elderly woman, who had severe…

In an effort to respond to patients’ desires for speed and convenience, health networks are thinking small. Microhospitals — which typically offer limited…