To date, no Iowa City VA Health Care System employee has left their role or faced disciplinary action as a result of a federal mandate for all workers to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. Front line workers had until Oct. 18 to get the shots or request accomodation. All other VA employees have until Nov. 22.
Iowans who lose their jobs for refusing to comply with an employer's COVID-19 vaccination requirement would still be able to collect unemployment benefits under legislation passed Thursday and headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her expected signature.
Federal approval of COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 is expected by the first week in November, officials say. In the meantime, experts with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics answer questions about the shots.
For the second week in a row, at least 100 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed by the state public health department. As of Wednesday, the statewide death toll since March 2020 totals 6,965.
Iowa, along with other states, is receiving an advanced shipment of 99,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses by Nov. 4 to facilitate a quick start to the new phase of the nationwide vaccination campaign. Federal approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 is expected by the first week in November.
Clinic served more than four times the tribe’s population in providing COVID-19 vaccine shots for the region
With booster shots for all three COVID-19 vaccines approved by federal regulators, the Iowa Department of Public Health has issued guidance for Iowans who want to receive one of the boosters.
Federal officials are expected to approve COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5-11 by next month. What questions do you have about vaccines for children? Send them our way and we’ll work to answer them.
Nursing home leaders across the state have been working to increase the number of staff fully immunized against COVID-19. A federal mandate expected this month also aims to do the same thing -- but many across Iowa’s industry say the new rule could have a detrimental effect.
State’s death toll now at 6,848 since March 2020. Linn County reported 15 deaths, the most of any Iowa county, in the past week.
Interim leader of the Iowa Department of Public Health answers questions during AARP town hall.
Hy-Vee is preparing for a possible federal rule requiring all employers with at least 100 employees show proof their staffs are vaccinated or are being tested weekly for COVID-19.
About 65 percent of Guard members have received at least one shot
CDC officials have warned the U.S. could face an “early and possibly severe flu season” this year, prompting worry among local public health officials for widespread cases of both influenza and COVID-19 in the coming months
Case counts and hospitalizations continue to drop, but the COVID-19 death toll in Iowa rose this week as state public health officials confirm more fatalities as a result of the virus in recent weeks.
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