-
Only a handful of monkeypox cases in the U.S. are among children, out of thousands reported so far. Yet infectious disease experts are keeping a close eye on pediatric cases.
-
Charity Nebbe talks to Donald Lewis about insects, his career and retirement.
-
Iowa health officials say the state is seeing an increase in the rates of syphilis cases.
-
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…