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By Jeff Angelo May 18, 2021 Some Iowa schools are keeping mask mandates while others making masks optional - listeners weigh in on what Jeff calls the "last Iowa mask controversy." Chris Lester discusses how the "YOLO economy" is reshaping Iowa; John Auerbach discusses the rise in drug and alcohol related deaths in Iowa and potential solutions. Click below to listen to hour two of Need To Know With Jeff Angelo for Tuesday, May 18, 2021. About Need to Know with Jeff Angelo

School Nurses, Health Service Corps Part of $7.4B Virus Plan By Ricardo Alonzso- Zaldivar and Zeke Miller, Associated Press Published May 14, 2021 (Courtesy photo) The government is providing $7.4 billion to expand the nation’s public health capacity, including hiring school nurses to vaccinate kids, setting up a health care service corps and bolstering traditional disease detection efforts, White House officials said Thursday. Biden administration coronavirus testing coordinator Carole Johnson said it’s part of a strategy to respond to immediate needs in the COVID-19 pandemic while inves...

School nurses, health service corps part of $7.4B virus plan Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Zeke Miller Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  Doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine are seen being prepared on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. Hundreds of children, ages 12 to 15, received the Pfizer vaccine at the DeKalb Pediatric Center, just days after it was approved for use within their age group. (AP Photo/Ron Harris) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) WASHINGTON – The government is providing $7.4 billion to expand the nation's public health capacity, includin...

According to a new report from Trust for America's Health, chronic underfunding of public health systems contributed to the nation’s slow response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including here in Georgia.

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Chronic underfunding of the public health system was a key contributing factor in the nation's flatfooted response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report, The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America's Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2021, released today by Trust for America's Health.  The report discusses how the underfunding of core public health programs impeded the pandemic response and exacerbated its impacts.  According to the report's authors, the missteps of the 2...