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In Iowa, midwives who are specially trained in home birth are pushing for licensure, as interest in home births rises and rural labor and delivery units continue to shutter. ....
In Iowa, midwives who are specially trained in home birth are pushing for licensure, as interest in home births rises and rural labor and delivery units continue to shutter. ....
Radio Iowa You are here: Home Some pushback on letting dentists give Covid shots in dental offices The Iowa House has voted to let dentists administer Covid vaccines and give the shots their dental offices if they choose, but there is some push back from the medical community on that last part. During a Senate subcommittee hearing, Dennis Tibben of the Iowa Medical Society said the staff in dentists’ offices may not be properly trained “to accurately, consistently and quickly” record every single shot that’s been given into the required database. “We could set ourselves up for the potential here where we would have phantom doses that it shows on our federal reports, that we have more doses on the shelf than we actually do,” he said. “…That could impact the weekly supply of Covid-19 vaccines that we’re receiving from the federal government.” ....
Bill that would ban employers from mandating vaccines passes Iowa Senate subcommittee Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register What will the Iowa Legislature focus on in 2021? Replay Video UP NEXT Iowa Senate Republicans advanced a bill Tuesday that would broaden the state s exemptions for childhood vaccinations, forbid Iowa employers from requiring their employees to be vaccinated and provide other protections for people who decline to be vaccinated. The bill, Senate File 193, passed through a Senate subcommittee after more than 90 minutes of testimony, with Republican Sens. Jim Carlin of Sioux City and Mark Costello of Imogene supporting it and Democratic Sen. Pam Jochum of Dubuque opposed. It is now eligible for consideration by the full Senate Human Resources Committee, although the Republican senators suggested parts of the measure could be rewritten. ....