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Vaccinations

How Vaccines WorkVaccines help develop immunity by imitating an infection. This type of infection, however, almost never causes illness, but it does cause the immune system to produce T-lymphocytes and antibodies. Sometimes, after getting a…

UnityPoint Health, Blessing Health System announce transition of Keokuk hospital

UnityPoint Health and Blessing Health System are announcing the organizations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – a non-binding agreement – that outlines plans to transition the affiliation of UnityPoint Health-Keokuk to the Blessing Health System.

Blessing Health Keokuk Official on March 1

Keokuk Area Hospital ownership officially transferred from UnityPoint Health to Blessing Health System on March 1. A ribbon cutting ceremony took place today to commemorate the special occasion and celebrate the newly minted Blessing Health Keokuk.

Flu Shots

Flu Shots The flu kills thousands of people every year. The young, old and those with chronic conditions – conditions like kidney disease, diabetes and cancer - have a higher risk of death when they get the flu because their immune systems have a…

Blessing Hospital leader retires

Jolene Beaber, registered respiratory therapist and director, Respiratory Services, Blessing Hospital, retires January 3, 2022, after 33 years of service.

Blessing employee accepted into statewide leadership program

Jayne Pieper, MBA, Sales and Promotion Coordinator, Blessing Corporate Services, has been accepted into the Leadership Illinois program.

Six more EMTs ready to serve the region

Six more healthcare professionals are ready to join the ranks of the region’s first responders after graduating from Blessing Hospital’s Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program on May 23, 2024.

Janet's Art

Since she was a third grader in a one-room school house, Janet Hilgenbrinck loved to paint. Over the years, she gave many of her paintings as gifts to family and community members for ‘life’ celebrations.

TV show features Blessing Surgical Services and its new ORs

Go inside Blessing’s hybrid and multipurpose operating rooms with a team of specialists on Network Knowledge’s “Illinois Stories.”