
Michaela Ramm
Health Care Reporter at Des Moines Register
Health care reporter for @DMRegister. 2024 Data Fellow for USC Center for Health Journalism. Lifelong Iowan. 📩: [email protected].
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Kate Kealey |Sabine Martin |Michaela Ramm
Another case of measles has been reported in the state of Iowa, making it the second case of 2025. The first case since 2019 in Iowa was reported in May and occurred in central Iowa. Where was Iowa's second case of measles? The second case of measles came from an adult male in eastern Iowa, according to Iowa Health and Human Services. Iowa is among the more than 30 states that have reported one or more cases of the highly contagious disease.
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1 month ago |
press-citizen.com | Sabine Martin |Michaela Ramm
An unvaccinated adult in central Iowa has tested positive for measles, marking the first confirmed case of the highly contagious respiratory virus in the state since 2019, the state Department of Health and Human Services said. Iowa HHS wrote in a release Friday, May 23, that the person's case tested positive through the State Hygienic Laboratory. The state hasn't released the identity of the person who tested positive, nor where they are from.
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1 month ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Michaela Ramm
MercyOne Des Moines has signed with a new anesthesia service provider after cutting ties with its former long-time partner for anesthesia care. MercyOne confirmed it has partnered with Vituity, a for-profit multi-specialty physician group based in California, to provide anesthesia care at MercyOne's central Iowa locations, including its downtown Des Moines hospital and West Des Moines medical center.
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1 month ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Michaela Ramm
Health care officials, social safety net providers and other advocates in Iowa are bracing for impact after Congress' Republican majority passed major cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as part of President Donald Trump's budget priorities. The budget passed the House 215-214, with all Democrats and two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio — voting against it after a marathon all-night debate.
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1 month ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Samantha Hernandez |Michaela Ramm
More than 100 hundred Iowa students are being educated outside the state. When Iowa schools sometimes have to look outside the state when they cannot meet students mental health care needs and no local resources are available. Roughly 400 miles from her family's generational farm in Clarion, Nicole Woodley feels she can finally breathe.
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