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304 031121 On Thursday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 19 additional COVID-19 deaths and a further 412 confirmed cases.The department says in Woodbury County, there have been 31 new cases added to the total case count in the last 24 hours. Woodbury County has a 14-day COVID-19 positivity rate of 6.4 percent, which was unchanged from yesterday. Another Crawford County resident has succumbed to the novel coronavirus, according to state statistics.As of 1 p.m. today, 7,687 people in Woodbury County had received both shots of a two-dose vaccine, while another 568 had received a single-dose vaccine, according to state statistics. That s roughly 8 percent of the county s population. Governor Kim Reynolds says this week Iowa should vaccinate its one-millionth dose of the coronavirus vaccine. With the expansion of priority groups in Iowa, more people are eligible to get COVID-19 vaccinations, including all Iowans age 65 or older an age demographi
‘Cancer in Iowa’ report analyzes racial disparities in incidence, mortality of disease
‘Cancer in Iowa’ report analyzes racial disparities in incidence, mortality of disease
Black Iowans harder hit than other groups
The annual report finds Black people in Iowa are getting cancer and dying from it at higher rates than any other group in the state. Contributed image.
By: Tom Snee | 2021.03.10 | 09:46 am
Black people in Iowa are getting cancer and dying from it at higher rates than any other group in the state. According to the 2021
Cancer in Iowa report issued by the State Health Registry of Iowa, the age-adjusted cancer mortality rate for Black people in Iowa is more than 25% greater than it is for white Iowans.