Articles Tagged: COVID vaccine

Iowa Democratic Party leader demands apology

Children aged 17 and younger made up 29 percent of positive COVID-19 cases this past week, remaining as the top age group for positive cases

‘We cannot simply ignore the law,’ letter to parents signed by 10 superintendents says

Late last month, federal public health officials announced Americans with a compromised immune system were eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose. Some of the first Iowans who qualify began recieving that booster dose this month, including Cedar Rapids resident Erica Earl.

All public meetings are back to being virtual amid rise of delta variant

A Gazette reader asked us about discarded COVID vaccines in Iowa. Here’s what we learned.

Parents frustrated that they don’t know whether their child is considered a close contact with someone who tested positive, and how to continue learning when in quarantine.

All Mercy employees and volunteers must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 15, officials announced Friday.

Wear a mask in schools, remain home when sick or if in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, and get tested.

Cedar Rapids schools to begin contact tracing and students or staff members with COVID-19 symptoms or a positive test are required to isolate for 10 days.

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As Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has earned full approval from the federal regulators, more health care companies and organizations are requiring their employees to get the shot.

The blood services provider ImpactLife will require all employees in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1. Religious and medical exemptions will be considered, officials say.

As new coronavirus cases surge, local public health agencies are working to ramp up their contact tracing efforts. But officials say those efforts have already been strained in recent weeks as the delta variant drives an alarming spike in infections.

Unlike the spike in cases last winter, more than half the new cases are among younger Iowans.