The downward fertility trend likely was exacerbated by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic that stunted dating opportunities and saw couples delay wedding plans as well as face economic stress and future uncertainty in a volatile job market.
In an interview with IowaWatch, Dr. Caitlin Pedati called for Iowans to get vaccinated if they have not, and to continue to use social distancing, face masks and other mitigation measures against the novel coronavirus that was first documented in Iowa in March 2020.
With large public gatherings including the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, the Quad-City Times Bix 7 road race and the Iowa State Fair looming -- and another school year set to start in roughly two months -- public health officials are expressing concern.
A state board meant to help oversee Iowa’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has not met since May because it does not have enough members.
Local blood centers still are seeing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on donations. Because summer typically is a challenging period for blood collection, centers say high demand could result in another critical shortage.
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.
Forty Iowans, including some Cedar Rapidians, are receiving the rabies vaccine regimen after a wild bat was spotted during an overnight campout at the zoo in Omaha.
Almost 1.5 million Iowans are fully vaccinated against the virus.
A new study out of the University of Iowa has found that use of remdesivir, used to treat COVID-19, had no impact on patient’s survival rates. However, the lead researcher says data shows patients who received remdesivir were more likely to stay in the hospital for a longer period of time than those who did not receive the antiviral drug.
The lodge, which provides free housing to cancer patients and their caregivers who must travel far for treatment, has been closed for COVID-19.
The number of abortions performed in Iowa rose 14 percent in 2020. For the second year, the trend on abortions reversed from previous years’ decline on the number of procedures performed in the state.
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.
Doctors in Iowa and across the United States are reporting a surge in respiratory virus infections in the spring and summer months — an uncommon time of year for these common viruses to be circulating.
In the first weekly update from the state, test positive rates rose
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