Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe talks to medical anthropologist Emily Mendenhall — who's from Okoboji — who studied the pandemic in her hometown.

The shortage has been going on since last fall, with no guaranteed relief in sight.

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Disease Center in Ames have been using American Rescue Plan funding to see how different coronavirus variants operate in deer over time.

For the Talk of Iowa book club, host Charity Nebbe discusses the essay collection These Precious Days with author Ann Patchett and two expert readers.

Journalists and experts discuss the latest news, including new vaccine research, a bill concerning gender identity in schools, the governor's renewed push for private school scholarships and more.

In January, $600 checks are headed to eligible frontline farmworkers and meatpacking workers for expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experts say respiratory virus season has started earlier than usual and has been particularly severe for children.

An activist group claims Johnson County left the Congolese community out of its COVID pandemic assistance program. But that’s not the whole story.

Mindy Brashears, the former head of the USDA's agency overseeing meatpacking plants, has been largely quiet about her agency’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, in exclusive interviews, she addresses the criticism the USDA put food production over worker safety.

West Liberty has seen three resignations in as many months, and now the city's ARPA funded direct assistance program is facing pushback.