06 Apr 2020

After the Pandemic: Back to School, or Forward to a Better Future?

By Thomas L Knapp

Anyone who tries to tell you that the COVID-19 pandemic, and its associated social, political, and economic panics, are good things is  an idiot, or trying to sell you some kind of snake oil, or both. Society-wide disasters are always net negatives, or we wouldn't think of them as disasters in the first place. Silver linings are never as shiny as the clouds they run through are large. That doesn't mean silver linings don't exist, though. They do, and some of them are significant.

06 Apr 2020

COVID-19 Death Confirmed in Scott County Resident

By Brooke Barnes

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 6, 2020) — Scott County Health Department (SCHD) has been notified of the first COVID-19 death of a Scott County resident, an elderly adult (>81 years old).

06 Apr 2020

Iowa Receives $44 million for Reimbursement of COVID-19 Response Costs

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 6, 2020) — On April 4, Governor Kim Reynolds received word from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that more than $44 million has been obligated to the State of Iowa for reimbursement of expenses related to the COVID-19 response.

06 Apr 2020

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley Statement on Termination of Intelligence Community Inspector General

By Grassley Press

BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA (April 6, 2020) — On April 4, Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley released the following statement regarding President Trump’s termination of Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson:

06 Apr 2020

Gov Kim Reynolds Appoints Matthew McDermott to the Iowa Supreme Court

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 6, 2020) — On April 3, Governor Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Matthew McDermott as a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court.

“Matt is a talented, smart, and astute lawyer with deep Iowa roots,” said Gov Reynolds. “His commitment to the rule of law and passion for service will now benefit all Iowans as he joins the Iowa Supreme Court.”

06 Apr 2020

Tennessee Supreme Court Allows Police to Carry Out Warrantless, Suspicionless Searches of Probationers’ Homes, Undermining Fourth Amendment

By The Rutherford Institute

WASHINGTON DC (April 3, 2020) — Pushing back against government efforts to chip away at the privacy and security guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment, The Rutherford Institute has asked the US Supreme Court to reverse a state court decision allowing police to search the homes of probationers without any suspicion or justification. In an 

03 Apr 2020

Iowa Health Care Association Encourages Businesses to Donate Personal Protective Equipment to Long-Term Care Providers

By Lori Ristau

IOWA FALLS, IOWA (April 3, 2020) — The Iowa Health Care Association (IHCA) recognizes Iowa trade associations who are encouraging businesses that may have excess personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies — face masks, gloves. and gowns — to donate or sell those supplies to Iowa's long-term care providers. IHCA works with nursing facilities, assisted-living communities, and home health agencies that care for the state's elderly and most vulnerable residents.

03 Apr 2020

EPA Continues to Add New Surface Disinfectant Products to List N in Effort to Combat COVID-19

By EPA Region 7 Office of Public Affairs

LENEXA, KANSAS (April 3, 2020) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is continuing its commitment to increasing the availability of surface disinfectants for use against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. 

03 Apr 2020

Additional COVID-19 cases in Iowa

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 3, 2020) — The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 85 additional positive cases of Iowans with COVID-19, for a total of 699 positive cases. There have been a total of 8,764 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs.

According to IDPH, the locations and age ranges of the 85 individuals include:

03 Apr 2020

FDA Coordinates National Effort to Develop Blood-Related Therapies for COVID-19

By David Arvelo

WASHINGTON DC (April 3, 2020) — The US Food and Drug Administration continues to play a critical role in accelerating medical countermeasures to treat and prevent COVID-19. As part of the response to this pandemic, the agency is taking the lead on a national effort to facilitate the development of, and access to, two investigational therapies derived from human blood.

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