The Marshalltown Community School District confirmed eight new cases of COVID-19 among students and employees on Friday. • Total cases among students: seven • Total cases among staff: one Last week’s report included 23 new cases with 20 among students and three among staff. Since ...
Eleven families have partnered with a disability rights group to sue the state of Iowa over a law that prevents school districts from requiring face coverings. “Getting HF 847 blocked is urgent for the state of Iowa, because this law puts vulnerable kids in a dangerous situation,” said ...
There are at least 14 Iowa nursing homes with COVID-19 outbreaks this week, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health, and the total number of infections associated with those outbreaks stands at 98. Just three weeks ago, there were only two Iowa nursing homes in outbreak status. Although state officials do not provide separate counts for residents and staff, federal data on infections and vaccine acceptance in care facilities suggests that most of those currently infected are care facility workers, not residents. IDPH’s reported number of outbreaks may not accurately ...
The spread of COVID-19 is again increasing across Iowa, including in Marshall County. The county’s seven-day positivity rate is up to 5.5 percent, which is about a 0.5 percent higher than it was a week ago. There have been 102 positive tests recorded in the county in the last week. At-home ...
Disability Rights Iowa is staging two vaccine clinics geared specifically to people with disabilities. People with disabilities face higher risks related to COVID-19 than the general population. A study published in March by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University looked at more than 64 million patients and found that having an intellectual disability was the single strongest independent risk factor for contracting the virus. Intellectually disabled people who are hospitalized with the virus are also six times more likely to die than non-disabled COVID patients, the study ...
DES MOINES — More than 40 percent of confirmed coronavirus cases in Iowa were among children and people in their 20s, according to state data released Wednesday. The state, which currently updates its data once a week, reported an additional 8,907 new positive cases and 29 additional deaths ...
