While the strain is just starting in America, it's been surging in other countries. Japan declared an influenza epidemic.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Vaccine policies have been a large argument, as federal health officials and former CDC employees express concerns over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s leadership. The ...

Advocates aside from Edwards have also weighed in on the CDC's change. The Autism Society of Iowa wrote in a statement to Local 5 that "Repeating disproven claims wastes valuable resources and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be able to fully fund the Overdose Data to Action, or OD2A, program ahead of a key budget deadline, according to a CDC senior leader. A second CDC ...

On senior day at Jack Trice Stadium, Iowa State never trailed, dismantling Kansas 38-14. On the brink of a crushing defeat in the fourth quarter, Iowa fought back. Rocco Becht threw for 241 yards and ...

The federal government has removed the recommendation that children and pregnant women get routine COVID-19 vaccines. The change, reflected in new vaccine schedules posted by the Centers for Disease ...

Iowa is the only state reporting “very high” flu activity for the week ending Nov. 7, according to the CDC’s FluView report. 1. Nationwide, flu activity increased from 1.3 percent to 1.5 percent of ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Nearly four months after the first report, West Nile virus cases have continued to climb and spread in Iowa, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control ...

A CDC vote on the newborn hepatitis B vaccine was delayed as Polk County reports a sharp rise in perinatal cases, prompting ...

For the past few years, a small team of health scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been tasked with answering basic statistical questions like: Who is drowning? Where is ...