public health

Health care experts and Iowans who are at high-risk for death and severe illness from COVID-19 share their personal stories about this stage of the pandemic.

A recent report shows an increase not only in alcohol use but also in the number of alcohol-involved deaths. It also details some policy recommendations to reduce these deaths.

Even mild SARS-CoV-2 infections increase a patient's chance of developing diabetes, according to a growing body of reserach.

Suicide is the number two leading cause of death among people ages 10 to 24, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This hour, resources for recognizing suicidal ideation in young people and how to broach the subject.

Drake University in Des Moines is moving its last week of classes online and has asked students on campus to move out early amid an increase in COVID cases.

The annual County Health Rankings rated Dallas County as the healthiest county in Iowa, and Montgomery County as the least healthy.

Dicen los investigadores que incluso una pequeña cantidad de la toxina puede dañar el desarrollo de los niños. Un estudio realizado en el año 2021 encontró que los niños en Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska y Missouri tenían una de las tasas más altas de los niveles elevados de plomo en la sangre.

State health officials say preliminary data for 2021 indicates STI rates increased last year, particularly for syphilis.

Ben Kieffer talks with a neurobiologist about how COVID-19 impacts the nervous system, and a historian about presidential papers.

Breast and cervical cancer, colorectal and lung: cancer screening has come a long way in making what used to be a death sentence, increasingly survivable. But coming out of the pandemic some physicians worry skipped primary care checkups will mean uncaught cancers and potentially grim health outcomes.