Syphillis cases in Iowa increase

A state health report shows Iowa’s syphilis rate continues to climb, with 877 cases of that sexually transmitted infection last year. It marks the fourth straight year cases have risen,

Many questions remain about ‘long COVID’

Cases of COVID-19 are again rising nationwide, and the experts say more Iowans are becoming vulnerable to what’s known as “long COVID,” or persistent symptoms that last for several weeks,

Iowa’s lack of severe weather likely to continue

State Climatologist Justin Glisan says a tornado outbreak is unlikely this month because Iowa is in a severe weather drought. “When you don’t have thunderstorms to drive rainfall, you don’t