health / beauty | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com The Midwest's Latino News Source Fri, 08 May 2026 22:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://holaamericanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-favicon-32x32.png health / beauty | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com 32 32 Iowa hospital sued over alleged organ donation without family consent https://holaamericanews.com/iowa-hospital-sued-over-alleged-organ-donation-without-family-consent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iowa-hospital-sued-over-alleged-organ-donation-without-family-consent Fri, 08 May 2026 17:40:33 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=36943 By Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch Deceased patient’s children allege malpractice and fraud An Iowa hospital is facing a lawsuit for allegedly harvesting the organs of a deceased patient without […]

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]]> Study finds nitrate contamination in water systems nationwide https://holaamericanews.com/study-finds-nitrate-contamination-in-water-systems-nationwide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=study-finds-nitrate-contamination-in-water-systems-nationwide Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:42:55 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=36600 By Kevin Hardy, Stateline Nearly one-fifth of Americans relied on drinking water systems with elevated and potentially dangerous levels of nitrate in recent years, according to a new study released […]

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]]> The Dangers of Lead Poisoning – Two Hispanic Families Share Their Story https://holaamericanews.com/the-dangers-of-lead-poisoning-two-hispanic-families-share-their-story-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dangers-of-lead-poisoning-two-hispanic-families-share-their-story-2 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:57:45 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=16605 By Anastassia Zvoryguina, Hola Iowa Rossany Auceda, IDPH Kevin Officer, IDPH During National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week in October and throughout the year, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) […]

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]]> Restaurant update: Flies in the cheese, ants in the sugar and moldy ribs https://holaamericanews.com/restaurant-update-flies-in-the-cheese-ants-in-the-sugar-and-moldy-ribs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=restaurant-update-flies-in-the-cheese-ants-in-the-sugar-and-moldy-ribs Wed, 20 Apr 2022 20:37:52 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18480 By Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch State and county food inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and grocery stores for hundreds of food-safety violations in the past month, including undercooked burgers […]

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]]> COVID-19 is causing more type 1 diabetes in kids, who will be saddled with high insulin prices — unless Congress acts https://holaamericanews.com/covid-19-is-causing-more-type-1-diabetes-in-kids-who-will-be-saddled-with-high-insulin-prices-unless-congress-acts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-19-is-causing-more-type-1-diabetes-in-kids-who-will-be-saddled-with-high-insulin-prices-unless-congress-acts Thu, 14 Apr 2022 23:22:01 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18431 By Jennifer Schuerman, Iowa Capital Dispatch As nurses, my husband and I witnessed truly awful and devastating things treating patients on the frontlines of this pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of […]

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]]> Medicaid suspends payments to Newton home owned by GOP donor https://holaamericanews.com/medicaid-suspends-payments-to-newton-home-owned-by-gop-donor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medicaid-suspends-payments-to-newton-home-owned-by-gop-donor Thu, 14 Apr 2022 23:19:39 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18426 By Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch Medicaid has temporarily suspended payments to an Iowa nursing home accused of insufficient staffing and poor resident care. Accura Healthcare of Newton-East was cited […]

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]]> As U.S. Nears 1 million COVID deaths, a new doctor discusses the trials of working through the pandemic https://holaamericanews.com/as-u-s-nears-1-million-covid-deaths-a-new-doctor-discusses-the-trials-of-working-through-the-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-u-s-nears-1-million-covid-deaths-a-new-doctor-discusses-the-trials-of-working-through-the-pandemic Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:46:02 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18358 By Ben Kieffer, Zachary Oren Smith, Caitlin Troutman, Iowa Public Radio COVID-19 infection rates, hospitalizations and deaths have been dropping around Iowa and the country. However, the United States will […]

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]]> Iowa’s COVID infection rate nearly doubles but remains low https://holaamericanews.com/iowas-covid-infection-rate-nearly-doubles-but-remains-low/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iowas-covid-infection-rate-nearly-doubles-but-remains-low Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:43:37 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18351 By Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch The number of new daily cases rose this past week for the first time in months but is still comparatively low. (Image by Fotograzia/Getty […]

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]]> Is there lead in my house? https://holaamericanews.com/is-there-lead-in-my-house/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-there-lead-in-my-house Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:32:52 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18328 By Rossany Auceda Iowa Department of Public Health   Eight out of 10 homes in the United States could contain lead in paint if they were built before 1940, according […]

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]]> Iowa COVID infection rate falls to 68 per day https://holaamericanews.com/iowa-covid-infection-rate-falls-to-68-per-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iowa-covid-infection-rate-falls-to-68-per-day Thu, 31 Mar 2022 04:48:37 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18219 By Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch The state’s rate of new coronavirus infections continues to recede from its peak in January, but the number of infected people receiving inpatient treatment […]

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