William Foege, a Decorah-born physician who led the CDC and pioneered the strategy that helped eradicate smallpox, died Jan.

Members of Congress should support health care professionals in being accurate about the importance of vaccination, writes ...

Of the 99 counties in Iowa, Woodbury County ranks 36th for the most cancer diagnoses in the state. The presentation examined ...

This is the second case of the year; the first was announced last Thursday and also involved game birds in Kossuth County.

The CDC is in Northeast Florida, teaming up with locals for a national health survey designed to improve medical ...

In a rare legislative move, the proposal to repeal Iowa casinos' exemption from the state's public smoking ban was not advanced after an initial hearing on the bill ...

According to the City of Salix, the city is currently without water due to a water main break. The city said that once ...

American epidemiologist William Foege, the tenth Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whose ...

U.S. life expectancy has hit the highest mark in American history. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday reported that life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024.

William Foege, who has died aged 89, was the epidemiologist responsible for devising a successful vaccination strategy in the ...

Court documents revealed that Joseph Thomas Lamb, 82, drove into a flock of Canada Geese on State Street in Ankeny on June 10 ...