Articles Tagged: Diseases

A team of researchers inside Pfizer made a startling find in 2015: The company’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis therapy Enbrel, a …

David Edmonston helped make medical history when he was just a boy. Doctors created the measles vaccine after swabbing his …

For the most part, sexually transmitted disease diagnoses in Iowa continue to increase similar to national trends, according to 2018 …

DES MOINES – Despite criticism it wasn’t robust enough, didn’t identify funding and fell short of meeting the need, legislation …

State public health officials are seeing more cases of hypothermia this week in parts of the state experiencing historic flooding. …

State public health officials have reported the first pediatric death in Iowa due to influenza. The influenza-associated death of a …

The human papillomavirus is responsible for a broad swath of cancer diagnoses annually, but Iowans have been slow to adopt …

The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Some variations of the vaccine also protect against varicella, or chickenpox. …

Between 2006 and 2011, 2,107 cancers at sites related to the human papillomavirus were diagnosed in Iowa – a 24 …

At times, Alyson Brown can’t eat or sleep. Some days, she sleeps for hours during the day. Other days, she …

Aly Becker isn’t your typical 21-year-old. The Cedar Rapids woman has grown up all too fast, thanks to a daily …

The flu is hitting young- and middle-aged adults harder than any other age group this flu season – representing 61 …

Flu activity is increasing nationally and across the state, with the first pediatric flu-related death reported this week, according to …

University of Iowa researchers have developed a new vaccine to protect against Staphylococcus-caused pneumonia, and they hope it will be …

Have you been tested for HIV? If the answer is no, the Iowa Department of Health wants you to change …