Articles Tagged: Vaccinations

According to a news release, an older adult in southwest Iowa has died from influenza.

The beginning of fall means back to school, cooling temps and the start of respiratory illness season. This season is also bringing new vaccination rules.

Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a wide range of oversight and policy issues during a hearing Thursday.

The health secretary criticized mRNA vaccines in a video on his social media accounts, explaining the decision to cancel projects being led by the nation's leading pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, that offer protection against viruses like the flu, COVID-19 and H5N1.

The best defense against measles is the vaccine, according to Iowa public health professionals. Here’s what to know about the vaccine, its effectiveness and options for infants.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed more than a dozen bills into law Tuesday, including a ban on DEI positions in local government and a requirement that Iowa high school students pass a civics test to graduate.

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.

A minor’s ability to legally consent on their own to receiving the HPV vaccine would be removed under legislation passed by the Iowa Senate Monday. Critics argue the bill will contribute to Iowa’s high rates of cancer.

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.

Medical practitioners, health care institutions and patients would be given broader allowance for consciously objecting to receiving or administering certain forms of medical care under proposed legislation in the Iowa legislature.

Also, 3 people charged after protests at Iowa Capitol

Just 28.3 percent of Iowans had received the flu vaccine as of Dec. 20, which would be the lowest rate in at least 7 years

The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to develop a pandemic vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people as cases in dairy cows continue to mount across the country, federal officials announced Tuesday.

Public health officials urge families to talk to their pediatricians as measles outbreaks on the rise in the U.S.

Laura Belin had claimed in the lawsuit that her constitutional rights were violated when the Iowa House Clerk denied her credential applications from 2019 through 2024