Iowa Auditor Rob Sand held a news conference Feb. 17, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The Iowa Department of Management is asking the state auditor’s office to amend…
Lang 4/24/26 The University of Iowa is the recipient of over $12 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funding is part of the $1.2 billion that FEMA announced…
A COVID-19 variant with a catchy nickname is causing concern, despite making up a small fraction of current cases.
Rep. Austin Baeth, D-Des Moines, an internal medicine physician, spoke in opposition to a bill on establishing over-the-counter dispensing of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine at a subcommittee meeting Jan. 22, 2026…
The advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control voted to change the recommendations for the COVID-19 vaccine. The panel says only Americans who want the COVID vaccine should get…
Retsef Levi, a member of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, spoke at the panel’s meeting on Sept. 19. (Photo by Maya Homan/Georgia Recorder) ATLANTA — The top vaccine…
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations. The group’s new COVID-19 recommendations —…
Summer heat, outdoor fun … and cold and flu symptoms? The three may not go together in many people’s minds: partly owing to common myths about germs and partly because…
(NewsNation) — Moderna reports it has received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in children six months through 11 years of age,…
CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — While you are soaking up the summer sun, doctors say you can still get sick, including from two new COVID strains that are going around. Dr.…
(NEXSTAR) – A new policy announced by the Trump administration may limit which Americans can get a COVID booster when respiratory virus season rolls around this fall and winter. The…
NEW YORK — Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage President Donald Trump’s newest…
(NEXSTAR) – October is typically the calm before the storm when it comes to respiratory viruses. But health experts say it’s not time to get comfortable. A surge in flu…
(NEXSTAR) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging certain people to get additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for stronger protection against the virus. In its latest…
(NEXSTAR) – Depending on when you last got vaccinated, that COVID-19 shot may no longer be a good match for the variants expected to dominate this fall and winter. As…
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