Caregivers Center Urges Support for Eastern Iowa Volunteers
Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids opened the Family Caregivers Center over a year ago to aid unpaid caregivers of relatives with chronic conditions. The editorial calls for volunteers and donors to expand services and highlights caregiver stress, costs, and the need for policy recognition.
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Family Caregivers Center of Mercy
Carole Butz
Karen Dennis
Dennis
Center of
Mercy
Eighth Ave
Cedar Rapids
Mercycare.org
Congress
Community letters debate Trump claims and public schooling
James Schmitz cites a Trump tweet as saying he won big in the election. Letters critique the claim and argue accuracy matters in public discourse. Readers press for accountability, voter ID debate, and support for public schools and charter programs.
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James Schmitz
Trump
Hillary Clinton
Schmitz
Right to Try Drugs for ALS Advocated by Columnist
Lenore Skenazy argues terminal patients deserve access to experimental medications. She cites ALS patient Mike DeBartoli in Sacramento, noting FDA safeguards and state rights to try, urging compassionate paths despite uncertain outcomes.
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Sacramento
Calif
Mike DeBartoli
DeBartoli
Lou Gehrig
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
America
Europe
Tor
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Kelsey
Rural Iowa voice on 2016 and rural press decline
Lyndalowa laments the urban rural divide and the collapse of local papers. She notes decades of consolidation, Obama era rural investments, and a 2016 shift toward a hope for change culminating in a political win for rural Iowans.
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U.S
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Tom Harkin
Congress
Obama
America
White House
EPA
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