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The market for obesity and diabetes treatments remains scorching hot, funneling billions in sales to Eli Lilly and fueling a bidding war over another drugmaker.

State agency says the person who died was an elderly adult with multiple underlying health conditions.

The beginning of fall means back to school, cooling temps and the start of respiratory illness season. This season is also bringing new vaccination rules.

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.

More Iowa herds have tested positive for a tick-borne parasite that can sicken and kill cattle, but experts said they still do not expect the illness to become widespread across the state.

County health officials say the child went into several stores in Coralville and Iowa City on June 4 and 5 and might have exposed others to the virus. It is the third known infection in Iowa this year.

It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.

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.

Also, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds embarks on a 2-week trade mission to Italy, Kosovo and Israel.

Shawn Nupolu, 15, a student at Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy, died this month after battling malaria at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital

A jury has returned a $27 million verdict against UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine in Des Moines after a man with bacterial meningitis was misdiagnosed with the flu, suffered strokes and said he has been permanently injured.

Johnson County Public Health has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the county, marking the fifth confirmed case in Iowa, according to state public health officials. Officials say they are working with state public health officials to determine the circumstances of this individual’s infection.

The patient, who was not identified, was likely infected during international travel and is now in isolation and receiving outpatient care, the health department said Friday.

Bird flu has been detected in a backyard flock in western Iowa, federal officials said Wednesday, a troubling development for a state that is home to the nation’s largest number of egg-laying hens.