On Monday, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced six routine childhood vaccinations are no longer recommended for all children. The Gazette spoke with three Iowa medical professionals to unpack what these changes mean and what families should do to understand what’s best for them.
Articles Tagged: Children
‘Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams’ offers holiday greetings for patients and families at Corewell Health Children’s in suburban Detroit
Donna Edwards - Associated Press
Books Nov. 26, 2025 6:00 am54d ago
The Associated Press scoured the bookshelves for standout 2025 releases to share the love of reading with your child, student or friend, and came up with this list.
Dictionary.com's word of the year isn't even really a word. It's the viral term “6-7” that kids and teenagers can't stop repeating.
“Sing the 50 United States” is the first full manuscript written by Dr. Seuss — born Theodor Geisel — to be discovered since the posthumous release of “What Pet Should I Get?” in 2015.
Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
Health Care and Medicine May. 19, 2025 8:07 am245d ago
To resolve 2023 lawsuit, new services will be offered to children in the state with serious emotional and behavioral conditions.
State Government Feb. 10, 2025 1:13 pm343d ago
Catherine Johnson, executive director of Disability Rights Iowa, says requirements in the settlement agreement will lead to a state children’s mental health care system that ‘addresses the needs of children’
State Government Feb. 3, 2025 10:27 am350d ago
The settlement agreement resolves a 2023 lawsuit that accused the State of Iowa of failing to provide federally required mental and behavioral health care services for Medicaid-eligible children
By Jessica and Rob Cline, - The History Center
History Nov. 19, 2024 8:17 am426d ago
Boys and girls wrote Thanksgiving stories, letters for 1910 edition
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Jun. 24, 2024 3:17 pm574d ago
Parents, keep your adolescents away from smartphones and social media
Government & Politics Apr. 4, 2024 8:29 am655d ago
Dr. Vivek Murthy has said the youth mental health crisis is the “defining public health issue of our time” and called on Congress to put in place safety standards to minimize the harms of social media platforms on children.
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Jan. 7, 2024 5:00 am743d ago
Just before the new year, a federal judge in Iowa temporarily enjoined the implementation of parts of Senate File 496, …
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Dec. 22, 2023 10:30 am759d ago
My sense of memory is freakishly above average. I can rattle off my debit card number, driver’s license number, and …
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Oct. 22, 2023 5:00 am820d ago
For Chloe Cole (no relation to your friendly neighborhood opinion columnist,) the puberty process wasn’t a normal function of adolescence. …
People & Places Jul. 22, 2022 6:00 am1277d ago
A new cafe designed for toddlers gives parents a chance to breathe in an environment that provides peace of mind.

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