Eastern Iowa public health officials in Eastern Iowa say wearing masks in public, even if you’re fully vaccinated, is a good precaution against the highly contagious Delta variant.
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Prairie Meadows Casino and Resort has re-imposed a mask mandate for its guests to slow the spread of COVID-19.
While that number is the highest since May, it’s much lower than during the pandemic’s peak last fall.
Each participant who receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a walk-in clinic happening in Cedar Rapids this week will recieve a $50 Walmart gift card.
More than 100 people gathered outside the Iowa state Capitol Saturday to rally against mandates requiring people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Iowa Department of Corrections fired Amanda Dodson, a registered nurse at the maximum-security Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, after an investigation found 77 inmates received shots containing up to six times the recommended dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
New state public health data shows about 64,000 Iowans have skipped, delayed or otherwise missed receiving the second dose of the two-shot vaccine series as of this month.
In partnership with the University of Georgia, a UI team recently published promising findings showing a single-dose inhaled COVID-19 vaccine fully protected mice against lethal infection and also blocked animal-to-animal transmission.
Starting Friday, Iowans can obtain at-home COVID-19 testing kits at no cost. Participants will collect their own saliva and mail samples directly to the State Hygienic Lab for results.
Delta, the highly transmissible variant of the novel coronavirus, has become the dominant strain both in Iowa and across the nation. Public health experts say Iowans should assume the variant is circulating throughout their community.
Staff at MercyOne facilities across Iowa are required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine by this fall, diverging from other local hospitals when it comes to mandating shots for employees.
The total number of people in Iowa who have tested positive for the virus is 374,253, according to state data.
Iowa had 61 new COVID-19 cases, but no new deaths from the disease in the 24-hour period ending at noon Sunday, according to state public health data analyzed by The Gazette.
Iowa on Friday reported 96 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of individuals in the state who have tested positive for the virus since the start of the pandemic to 374,038, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health. Two new, confirmed deaths were also reported.
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