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Iowa Capital Dispatch
The number of deaths by suicide in Iowa decreased in 2023 for the first time, significantly, in almost 10 years, according to updated data from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, which also showed an increase in teen suicide rates.
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Ben Kieffer speaks to a former Navy aviation mechanic, Maria Berdecia, continuing a series of conversations with Iowa Veterans who've served in Afghanistan. Then a check-in with University of Iowa epidemiologist Dr. Melanie Wellington on the rise in cases of COVID-19.
