Articles Tagged: Public health

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.

An annual report from Trust for America’s Health ranks Iowa in the highest category for emergency preparedness, but researchers emphasize that many states need investment in public health infrastructure and workforce in order to better handle the next emergency.