Articles Tagged: Diseases

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.

These maps and charts reflect data from the Iowa Department of Public Health and the U.S. Department of Health and …

A day before COVID-19 vaccine eligibility opens broadly throughout Iowa, the state reported Sunday that 636,513 Iowans have been fully …

Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine was 100% effective in a final-stage trial in kids ages 12 to 15, a finding …

The state’s community health centers, including a clinic based in Cedar Rapids, have received $48 million in federal funding to …

Iowa reported that 458 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the 24-hour period ending at 11 a.m. Sunday as …

LONDON – Oxford University and the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca may have only used partial data when the team announced the …

What’s the secret to getting a COVID-19 vaccine appointment? Persistence, and an unwillingness to take no for an answer. Renee …

With one COVID-19 death in Iowa reported Sunday, the state saw the weekly average of deaths caused by the coronavirus …

IOWA CITY – For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, browsing is returning to the Iowa …

State officials are looking into issues Iowans with 319 area codes are having connecting with 211 Iowa, the service line …