New booster shots will be ready soon, FDA says
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New booster shots will be ready soon, FDA says
Wegayewu Sahilu Faris went through life looking for opportunities to improve himself and to serve others, according to his wife, Teyobesta Tewabe. He drowned on Aug. 5, at the age of 42, while he was rescuing an 8-year-old boy from the Iowa River.
Molina’s parent company has faced fines in three states, including in the past couple months, for not paying providers on time and allegations of improperly submitting claims for reimbursement.
The downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library will reopen Thursday after most cleaning has wrapped up following a fire that broke out last month.
The crash happened on the northbound side of the interstate
The Linn County supervisors have voted 2-1 in two readings of an ordinance that would rezone land near Palo for an industrial solar project. One more public hearing and vote on the measure is scheduled for Tuesday evening in Palo.
The city of Sheldon will hire a company with an underground radar system that helped the nearby city of Sibley find its time capsule earlier this year.
A court filing included a picture of some of the seized documents with colored cover sheets indicating their classified status, perhaps as a way to rebut suggestions that whoever packed them or handled them at Mar-a-Lago could have easily failed to appreciate their sensitive nature.
Earlier this year, in December and January, five children died by suicide in Polk County. State officials are seeking federal assistance in studying the pattern, but local mental health advocates say the pandemic’s impact on children across Iowans means providers have a lot of ground to cover in order to meet youth health needs.
A new mobile training program for first responders came to Cedar Rapids last week to help firefighters prepare for emergency medical situations.
The University of Iowa has named Larry Weber to lead IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, a century-old program that includes the Iowa Flood Center and water quality research.
Amid an increasing volume of legislation LGBTQ Iowans say makes them feel targeted and unwelcome in their own state, concerns around the impacts of rhetoric in the Iowa Legislature extend beyond those in the rainbow communities.
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