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'Help maximize immunity to the virus': CDC approves Pfizer booster for age 16, 17

An estimated 2.6 million U.S. teens in this age group would be eligible for boosters already — a small addition to the 141 million adults already eligible for boosters.

By George Willis | Dec 23, 2021

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Self-proclaimed Iowa COVID tracker's efforts made difficult by state's reporting, including recent hospitalizations data scale-back

A self-proclaimed social-media-based Iowa COVID-19 data tracker has released her latest graphs based recently released hospitalization data that news reports say is a scale-back about those hospitalizations

By Karen Kidd | Dec 3, 2021

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Vaccine choice group says reports of Iowa hospital administering wrong dose to kids isn't the first case

By Karen Kidd | Dec 3, 2021

A Georgia COVID "vaccine choice" group recently said this past weekend that a report about children in Iowa receiving the incorrect COVID vaccine dose isn't the first time they've heard of such a thing

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'I do': Iowa couple separated by COVID-19 have wedding in hospital

By John Kelly | Nov 9, 2021

Iowa man weds in hospital after long COVID-19 battle

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Climate change presents challenge to Iowa's efforts to improve water quality

By John Suayan | Nov 4, 2021

Try as it may to improve water quality, Iowa’s efforts are short of successful because of climate change.

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COVID-19 surge in Des Moines County despite rising vaccination rates

By Karla Florez | Aug 15, 2021

Despite a promising increase in vaccination rates in recent weeks, Des Moines County continues to battle surging infection cases.

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Reynolds designates $2 million in CARES Act funding for next-generation COVID-19 vaccine

By James Ledbetter | Nov 5, 2020

Gov. Kim Reynolds has designated about $2 million in CARES Act funding to promote the development of a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Office of Gov. Kim Reynolds.

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Des Moines derecho cleanup continues, residents ask to report unaddressed tree damage

By Savannah Howe | Oct 21, 2020

Over two months after the derecho devastated much of central Iowa, as well as Des Moines, cleanup efforts from the various departments involved is continuing, according to an Oct. 14 press release from the City of Des Moines.

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Des Moines partnership provides more than 50,000 meals to families, residents in need

By Kyla Asbury | Oct 13, 2020

Central Iowa Shelter & Services (CISS) and the City of Des Moines, along with local restaurants and caterers, gave away more than 50,000 meals to families and residents in need, according to a city-issued news release.

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Masks become mandatory in Des Moines amid COVID-19 spread

By Michael Pineda | Sep 3, 2020

Des Moines residents should remember to wear a face mask when they venture outside the house following the signing of an emergency proclamation by Mayor Frank Cownie, making them mandatory.

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'Help is coming,' state leaders assure Iowa citizens after massive derecho

By James Ledbetter | Aug 18, 2020

Thousands of Iowans were left without power after a massive derecho storm hit much of the state and residents want to know why the government isn't reacting with more urgency.

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Mothers Against violence host peaceful protest in Des Moines

By Kyla Asbury | Jun 5, 2020

A peaceful protest march happened over the weekend in Des Moines that was put together by Mothers Against Violence, the Des Moines Register reported.

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Principal Real Estate Investors refuses to respond to hotel industry COVID-19 crisis 'Fairness in Hotel Lending Standards'

By Karen Kidd | May 30, 2020

Des Moines-based Principal Real Estate Investors did not respond to questions about whether it will abide by a newly founded hotel industry group's lending standards amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has gutted the hospitality industry.

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State waiting for testing machines to be validated

By Michael Pineda | 5 years ago

An expansion of testing in Iowa has gotten off to a sluggish start as machines supplied for validation have yet to be signed off on.

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Des Moines-area sports organizations use social media to continue activities

By Tamara Browning | May 7, 2020

Youth sports organizations in the Des Moines area are finding creative ways to keep their athletes active even while the groups themselves may be facing financial hardships because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Half of COVID-19 deaths were residents in long-term care facilities, Reynolds reports

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

More than half of Iowans who have died from COVID-19 were residents in longterm care facilities, Iowa Gov. Gov. Kim Reynolds said during a press conference Tuesday, May 5.

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Iowa COVID-19 rates at a 50% decline, data shows

By Megan O'Neill | Apr 22, 2020

Computer models show that COVID-19 spread is decreasing.

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Iowa sex offender will no longer be committed and soon released after gender transition

By April Bamburg | Apr 9, 2020

The State of Iowa has dropped its bid to have a convicted sex offender committed following the individual’s transition from male to female, saying they believe the inmate is at low risk for re-offending.

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Iowa faces medical supply shortages

By Elle Johnson | Apr 3, 2020

Iowa health care workers have expressed concern about the shortage of protective materials amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Attorney General warns Iowans of price gouging

By Elle Johnson | Mar 30, 2020

Iowa's Attorney General's Office encourages residents to be aware and careful of coronavirus scams, which show gouging prices.