Already known for its advanced maternal and newborn care, UnityPoint Health St. Luke's is now designated as having a Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit.

According to UnityPoint Health St. Luke’s, a Level 3 NICU is equipped to care for premature newborns, including infants who are born earlier than 32 weeks and those who require respiratory support, medical intervention and continuous monitoring.

Last year was a record-breaker for UnityPoint Health-Meriter. The hospital welcomed more babies in 2025 than in any previous year.

Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, which serves communities across Iowa and Illinois, is one of three recipients of the American Hospital Association’s 2013 Circle of Life Award, a prize bestowed upon palliative care programs that are efficient ...

MADISON (WKOW) — UnityPoint Health – Meriter's birthing center had a busy year in 2025. The Madison hospital is celebrating a record-breaking year with 5,205 babies born at its birthing center. This marks an increase of 167 births compared to 2024.

Nurses of the UnityPoint Health hospitals in Des Moines doubled down on their demands for hospital leadership to cease actions they say are trying to bust their efforts to unionize. In the months since nurses first began organizing, they have accused the ...

UnityPoint Health reports a record number of emergency room visits as the CDC classifies Iowa's flu activity as high for the first time this season.

UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa, is ending inpatient care for pediatric patients, the hospital confirmed to Becker’s Jan. 17. “The pediatricians within Grand River Medical Group have made the difficult decision to no longer provide ...

Nurses working at UnityPoint hospitals in Des Moines submitted a request Wednesday for voluntary recognition of a union, calling for the health care system to provide safer work space, better wages, and adequate staffing. A group of UnityPoint nurses ...

MADISON, Wis. — Madison is celebrating the first baby born in 2026 at UnityPoint Health-Meriter. Ezariah was brought into this world at 12:21 a.m. Hospital officials expressed their excitement, saying, "We couldn’t imagine a more joyful start to 2026 than welcoming this little bundle of joy into the world!"