When hundreds of Sioux City area rescue workers responded to the crash landing of United Airlines Flight 232 on July 19, 1989, they had no idea that the lessons learned from that event would one day lead the Iowa community to become a national role model for disaster preparedness and recovery.

Hospital-acquired infections are the fourth largest killer in the U.S., with one of the major sources of infection being catheters.

Boasting more than US$27 billion in revenues and more than 4,200 employees at such firms as Kindred Healthcare

If one could simply light a spark under the economic potential resident in the Great Lakes region