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On Wednesday, 328 adults and three children were in Iowa's hospitals with confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to federal data.

Reynolds last week announced Iowa would decline $95 million meant for COVID-19 surveillance testing in schools. She said schools have reopened safely.

Des Moines Register Iowa must "take a stand" against so-called vaccine passports, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday while pledging to back legislation or use executive action to restrict their use. At the end of March, New York launched the Excelsior Pass, an app that displays a digital code proving the person is vaccinated against COVID-19. It is accepted at dozens of venues statewide, including Madison Square Garden, and allows people to increase the size of catered events, such as weddings, according to USA TODAY. Reynolds said she believes the shots are effective, and she noted she has bee...

Des Moines Register Iowa entered the final stage of its COVID-19 vaccination schedule Monday, opening eligibility to all of the state's more than 2.3 million residents who are 16 or older. With that expansion comes a new ratcheting up of demand against a still limited supply of vaccine doses. Available Hy-Vee appointments filled up within about an hour of opening across the state on Monday morning, company spokesperson Christina Gayman said. Carroll County Public Health Director Nicole Schwering wrote in an email that their 100 doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine were snatch...

Des Moines Register During a Wednesday news conference outside the prison, the head of the Iowa Department of Corrections called it an act of "pure evil." Registered nurse Lorena Schulte, 50, and correctional officer Robert McFarland, 46, both were killed by blunt force trauma to the back of the head, an investigator said. Inmates Michael Dutcher, 28, and Thomas Woodard, 39, are charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and second-degree kidnapping in the attack. If convicted, they would face a life sentence without parole. The two are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. ...