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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Iowa’s senior senator, Republican Chuck Grassley, remains hopeful after two disappointing recent events. The spring outbreak of avian influenza devastated…
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A clinical trial vaccinating people in Guinea exposed to Ebola virus has been found to have a 100 percent efficacy. That means none of the 2,000-plus…