Over the last six months, since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in December, the administration of the now three allowed jabs (along with Moderna and Johnson & Johnson/Janssen) has been in the news.
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Oelwein teachers and support staff greet and interact with students with due new-coronavirus protections at grab and go meal pickup during a pandemic-related school suspension, March 23, 2020, as meal program changes take effect.
To paraphrase the famous line from the Iowa-filmed motion picture “Field of Dreams,” if you open it, they will come.
The staff at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Homes wants the citizens of Waverly, Shell Rock, Denver, Readlyn and surrounding communities to be aware, beginning April 12, families that experienced the death of a loved one due to COVID-19 may be eligible for up to $9,000 in funeral assistance from the …
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The Benton County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 3-0 to open the county courthouse for business on April 15 without requiring an appointment, accepting recommendations by a security committee and Benton County Public Health to open their doors fully once again.
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With the opening of availability of the COVID-19 vaccines to the general public on Monday, the Bremer County Health Department has changed its strategy for the allocation and distribution of the shots.
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Thelma Sutcliffe received her COVID shots, a friend said, but wouldn't be tested. "She looked at (the swab) and looked up at the person holding it and said, 'You're not going to be sticking that thing up my nose."
A stash of priceless mahogany that sat for decades in a Madison laboratory will play a key role in restoring damage caused when a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
(The Center Square) – Iowa, Florida, Wyoming, South Dakota and Texas have the least coronavirus restrictions and have fully reopened, according to a new analysis of state regulated coronavirus restrictions published by the personal finance site, WalletHub,