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Gov. Kim Reynolds said she expects the temporary pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to be manageable for Iowa.

Following federal recommendations, the Iowa Department of Public Health has advised all COVID-19 vaccine administrators to temporarily halt the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine effective immediately.

Gov. Kim Reynolds said at a press briefing Wednesday that she opposes the use of COVID-19 vaccine passports.

Iowa is opening up COVID-19 vaccine appointments to all eligible adults on April 5, meaning thousands more Iowans will have access to the vaccine. This should move the state closer to herd immunity and the return to some normalcy, but some Iowans say they don’t want to get vaccinated.

Iowa’s Latino commission members work for hours every month to give the governor insight into their community. At the end of each year, they list multiple proposals to solve problems Latinos in the state face. But they say their recommendations seem to fall through the cracks of government.

As COVID-19 cases have increased across the country, some local public health officials are urging Iowans to take extra precautions.The average number of…

Gov. Kim Reynolds said now that Test Iowa’s equipment has been validated, the state will soon be able to process 5,000 COVID-19 tests a day.At a press…

Gov. Kim Reynolds held a press conference at the State Operations Emergency Center in Johnston Monday to discuss her recommendation to close school for…

Iowa’s first three presumptive cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, have been detected in Johnson County, Gov. Kim Reynolds…

Former Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven is filing a whistleblower claim against Gov. Kim Reynolds in the first step toward a…