Polk County health officials say they've seen a "significant increase" in schools with at least 10% of their student body ...
Polk County schools are seeing a significant rise in ... Iowa has a 11% positivity rate as of Jan. 18, per HHS. Overall COVID-19 activity is low, with only a 6.6% positivity rate statewide ...
Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide ...
Polk County Public Schools improved its graduation ... Polk’s graduation rate dropped markedly after the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, starting in spring 2020. The rate fell from 86.5 ...
Cornett, a pediatrician for 23 years, is concerned about a recent downward trend in childhood vaccination rates, both in Polk County and throughout ... parents, the COVID-19 pandemic fostered ...
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services is seeing an increase in flu cases. And dozens of schools are also seeing 10 percent or more of students gone for illness.
State health officials are seeing a significant jump in the number of schools reporting high absence rates due to illness.
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As Juliann Van Liew begins her new position as the director of the Polk County Health Department, she’ll also be pursuing her ...