by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 13, 2023 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Governor Kim Reynolds has taken the oath of office for a second full term as Iowa’s governor. “I am so honored to be here and I want to just start by saying, ‘Thank you,'” Reynolds said at the start of her inaugural address this morning....
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 19, 2022 | News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds and two dozen other Republican governors are urging President Biden to end the national public health emergency for COVID in April. Ending the national public health emergency will mean emergency Medicaid insurance coverage for millions of...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 2, 2022 | News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds will appeal a judge’s ruling that some Iowa children with serious medical conditions are harmed by the law she signed that bars schools from having mask mandates. A federal judge has ruled high-risk children are endangered when students and...
by Dar Danielson | Oct 26, 2022 | Health & Medicine, News
Healthcare providers are reporting increases in respiratory illnesses among kids. University of Iowa Healthcare pediatrician, Adam Brown, says they are seeing the common flu as well as increases in RSV. “We have seen a spike in the last several weeks — and...
by O. Kay Henderson | Aug 23, 2022 | Health & Medicine, News
The Centers for Disease Control estimates the vast majority of Iowa kids have had COVID. The CDC analyzed samples from children between the ages of six months and 17 years who had blood drawn at commercial labs for non-COVID tests in May and June. The CDC estimates...