Iowa ventilator stockpile sat idle during worst of pandemic
Iowa spent $10.3 million to acquire 500 ventilators before the worst months of the pandemic, but just nine were distributed to hospitals.
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Iowa spent $10.3 million to acquire 500 ventilators before the worst months of the pandemic, but just nine were distributed to hospitals.
The county auditor's office now must draw precinct lines, made more complicated by the changes in legislative districts
The Des Moines County Roads and Public health unions presented their initial proposal to the supervisors. The proposals ask for a 9% across the board raise.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says 2,497 Iowa nursing home residents have died of COVID-19 so far.
At least 370 residents and workers in Iowa nursing homes have been infected with COVID-19 as a result of active outbreaks in 30 facilities.