infectious diseases

State health officials are reporting flu activity this year in Iowa is very low due to the measures the public is taking to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

In January 2018, a handful of farmers at a major Iowa pork industry gathering attended a session on the threat of foreign animal diseases. A year later,…

On a below-freezing night in Cedar Rapids, three med school students meet in a parking lot and start unloading boxes from a crammed car trunk.They sort…

A new telehealth initiative will expand HIV prevention efforts in rural Iowa.TelePrEP will use at-home video calls and the postal system to administer HIV…

Chikungunya is a debilitating inflammatory virus carried by mosquitoes. The University of Iowa is one of three sites in the U.S. that is enrolling…

Iowa poultry producers are on the alert for a possible reoccurrence of the deadly avian flu which decimated flocks last year. The Iowa Department of…

Another outbreak of bird flu in the Midwest remains likely, even if farms and public health systems are more prepared to deal with it. In spring 2015, the…

Iowa’s deputy state epidemiologist says people should start thinking about getting vaccinated against the flu. Dr. Ann Garvey says this is the best way to…

Farmers and agriculture officials are gearing up for another round of bird flu this fall, an outbreak they fear could be worse than the devastating spring…

Farmers have reached a milestone in the recovery from the massive avian flu outbreak last spring. Birds are back in the barns at the Moline family turkey…