Linn County Public Health is now offering treatment for those with hepatitis C, a liver disease that is growing in prevalence across the state. Officials are seeing a higher prevalence among those who use injection drugs, who often face barriers to care.
Syphilis cases have increased 55 percent between 2020 and 2021 in Iowa, preliminary data from the Iowa Department of Public Health shows. In addition, a spike in congenital syphilis has alarmed public health officials.
Anne Harris Carter has been hired as the first-ever health equity manager at Linn County Public Health. The daughter of Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris, Carter will focus on addressing systematic barriers to health equity, such as racism and poverty, that community members face.
An in-depth analysis of pandemic response commissioned by Linn County Public Health identified the communication gap between state officials and local public health departments as a hindrance to agencies’ COVID-19 response.
Schools end notifications after Linn and Johnson county public health departments announced an end to COVID-19 contact tracing efforts earlier this month.
Effective Friday, the Linn County Public Health department will no longer conduct COVID-19 contact tracing efforts for county residents. The county agency is following its cue from the state, which ended statewide virus surveillance this past August.
Eric Bradley, an environmental health manager at Scott County Public Health, will take on a new role at Linn County Public Health as the deputy director later this month.
Linn County Public Health has been awarded a $1.25 million five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address violence impacting adolescents and teens in the community.
Parents frustrated that they don’t know whether their child is considered a close contact with someone who tested positive, and how to continue learning when in quarantine.
Wear a mask in schools, remain home when sick or if in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, and get tested.
Cedar Rapids schools to begin contact tracing and students or staff members with COVID-19 symptoms or a positive test are required to isolate for 10 days.
The Linn County board of health urges the Cedar Rapids school board to defy the law and mandate mask-wearing in schools for all students, teachers and staff
Local health care and public health officials are urging all Linn County residents to get vaccinated and take other mitigation measures as new coronavirus cases surge in recent weeks. Cedar Rapids hospitals say they are seeing an alarming increase in hospitalizations, including among fully vaccinated residents.
245 individuals received the COVID-19 vaccine during walk-in vaccine clinics offered by Linn County Public Health and the Cedar Rapids Community School District. The clinics marked the first major incentive program for the vaccine locally.
Linn County Public Health and a local collaborative, called Together! Healthy Linn, are conducting a public survey to assess community health needs ahead of the development of their Community Health Improvement Plan next year.
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