Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Tuesday after a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County -- the state’s ninth detection of the H5N1 bird flu in domestic Iowa flocks in 2025.
Just under 7 percent of American men ages 18 to 49 had a vasectomy in 2022-23, according to the Center for Disease Control. That share increases among men with two or more children, to just over 18 percent.
Dr. Georgina Aldridge, a neurologist with University of Iowa Health Care who specializes in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, says that while some forgetfulness is a normal part of aging, a decrease in cognitive function to the point that you can’t do your job or your day-to-day hobbies is not.
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a wide range of oversight and policy issues during a hearing Thursday.
Wednesday's national case count stood at 1,309 — 21 new cases in a week, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Two unvaccinated children and an unvaccinated adult from Johnson County were added Thursday to the list of Iowans infected by measles, bringing the total identified cases in the state to six, according to state and county health officials.
Carrying and giving birth to a child is a transformative event in a mother’s life, but with that change can come increases in anxiety and depression.
Michael Osterholm, a University of Minnesota infectious disease researcher, likened this binding interaction to a lock and key. To enter a cell, the virus needs to have a key that turns the lock, and this finding means the virus may be changing to have a key that might work.
An investigation by KFF Health News reveals key problems in the U.S. response to bird flu, including deference to the farm industry, eroded public health budgets, neglect for the safety of agriculture workers, and the sluggish pace of federal interventions.
Infections were reported between Sept. 27 and Oct. 11, in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The Iowa Department of Corrections on Tuesday confirmed it is responding to cases of the highly contagious viral disease Mpox at a state prison.
Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not reinstate COVID-19 restrictions as hospitalizations across the state increase.
The Fact Checker checked a claim U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, made about fentanyl overdose deaths in the country.
Although just 39 percent of Americans 65 and older have had both the initial COVID vaccine series plus an updated bivalent booster against the omicron strain, new University of Iowa-involved research shows “significant protection” from that bivalent shot among those older adults.
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