by Matt Kelley | Jul 21, 2016 | Health & Medicine, News
The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting a reversal from two consecutive years of declines in new HIV diagnoses. Jerry Harms is the agency’s HIV/AIDS surveillance coordinator. “In 2015, we had a 27 percent increase in our new HIV diagnoses,”...
by Matt Kelley | May 4, 2015 | Health & Medicine, News
There’s promising news in the battle against HIV and AIDS in Iowa. New diagnoses of HIV dropped by 19-percent last year compared to 2013. A report from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) shows 99 Iowans were diagnosed with HIV last year — the...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 25, 2015 | Education, Health & Medicine, News
A former Iowa State University researcher who admitted he faked data to make it appear an experimental AIDS vaccine was working has reached a plea deal. Dong Pyou Han had been charged with four counts of making a false statement and pled guilty to two counts....
by Matt Kelley | Dec 1, 2014 | Health & Medicine, News
This is World AIDS Day and after years of gradual increases, the number of people diagnosed with HIV and AIDS in Iowa is on the decline, but officials say the numbers are still inconclusive. Randy Mayer, chief of the bureau on HIV, STD and Hepatitis at the Iowa...
by Kay Henderson | May 1, 2014 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
The Iowa legislature has voted to ease and even erase some of the current penalties for those found guilty of transmitting HIV, the virus which causes AIDS. The House gave final approval to the bill early this morning with a 98-0 vote. Representative Beth...
