House File 299 would require schools and child care centers to include information about obtaining vaccine exemptions in any public communication to parents or guardians following recommendations by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
Raw milk could be sold in grocery stores and farmers markets under an Iowa House bill advanced Tuesday that drew strong warnings and objections from public health professionals, veterinarians and the Iowa State Dairy Association.
Federal legal protections added in the 1980s to shield vaccine manufacturers from most lawsuits would be waived any time a vaccine is administered in Iowa under legislation that was advanced Wednesday by Republican state lawmakers.
About 90 percent of Iowa’s population receives water that has been treated with fluoride. But what is it? What does it do? And why do some cities not treat their water?
The state of Iowa is contesting a Cedar Rapids company’s legal efforts to reopen a swimming pool that allegedly poses a threat to public health.
Eastern Iowa schools watch for underage use, police watch for compliance
A difficult-to-track canine respiratory illness that has been spreading across the country has some dog owners thinking twice about taking their dogs to dog parks and doggy day care, but dog centers in the Cedar Rapids area say fear of the illness hasn’t caused them to lose much business yet.
Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not reinstate COVID-19 restrictions as hospitalizations across the state increase.
More than 50 people got sick after attending a Des Moines area wedding, and the bride's concerns prompted an inspection that found flaws in the way the caterer stored its meat.
Iowa's health and human services agency has hired a consulting firm to study ways to boost service delivery following the merger of the state’s former public health and human services departments.
Legislation that would allow dairy farms in Iowa to sell raw milk to consumers is headed to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature.
With a sharp rise in sexually transmitted infections, the Sexual Health Alliance of Linn and Johnson Counties is brainstorming ways to reduce 10-year highs.
The new booster shots are approved for anyone 12 and older who has already had their first vaccine series, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Linn County Board of Supervisors Chair Ben Rogers called Friday for the board to increase again to five members after voters upset at six-figure salaries whittled it down to three members in 2016.
A Colorado prison inmate has tested positive for bird flu in the first recent confirmed case of a human infected with the disease, but federal officials say they still see little threat to the public.
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