Rural hospitals face closures as birth rates drop nationwide
In rural Iowa and across the U S many labor and delivery units have closed since 2000. About 41 Iowa hospitals shuttered such units, a third of state facilities, with births in some counties down 75 percent since the 1950s and 60s baby boom. Similar national trends pressure hospitals to cut obstetric services.
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Addie Comegys
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa
Comegys
Oskaloosa Hospital
Tony Leys
KFF Health News
Mahaska Health Hospital
U.S
Mahaska County
Benin bronze plaque returned to Royal Court in ceremony
A Benin Bronze plaque known as ama from the Benin Court, worn with a woven cap and leopard face pendant, was held at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art since 2001. It was returned to the Royal Court in a July 15 ceremony honoring Oba Ewuare II.
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Benin
Nigeria
University of Iowa
Stanley Museum of Art
Oba Ewuare II
Stanley Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria Royals
The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art became the first U S museum to repatriate Benin Bronzes. At a July ceremony in Benin Palace, Oba Ewuare II accepted two pieces the brass plaque and an altar piece of a hen, part of the collection since 2001 and 1986 respectively.
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Stanley Museum of Art
Stanley Museum
Benin
Benin Palace
Oba Ewuare II
Iowa State Fair Tightens Bird Flu Protections
The Iowa State Fair starts August 8 at Des Moines’ 3000 E Grand Ave. with new bird flu safeguards for livestock and exhibitors after multiple dairy cattle detections. Dairy cattle exhibitors must undergo pre-show testing within a week of arrival, per ISU officials and state agriculture authorities.
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Des Moines
Iowastatefair.org
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
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