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The cancer risk hiding in most Iowa homes
The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. Our cancer series is personal to all of us. But this week’s cancer story is especially personal for me. Longtime subscribers know I lost my mom to lung cancer in 2017, and doctors suspected (because she didn’t have a history…
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BREAKING: Joni Ernst won’t run, per CBS News
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday; time for reader repl—WAIT, BREAKING NEWS: This might not be a huge surprise. Republicans were already souring on her, and prominent Democrats have been lining up to face her in November, with one candidate—state Sen. Zach Wahls—even besting her in…
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These Iowa workers have a higher risk of cancer
News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. If you’re an Iowan, you already have a higher cancer risk than the rest of the US for reasons we’re currently exploring in ISL’s Cancer in Iowa series. But some workers face extra cancer risks. This week’s story, in…
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Why Iowa has the same skin cancer rate as Arizona
The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend For decades, tanning used to be a regular part of some (mainly white) folks’ beauty routines. In my parents’ era, that meant slathering on tanning oil and lying out in a swimsuit in direct sunlight. In my era, that meant frequenting a tanning salon,…
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Have you seen the mountain lion in Iowa?
Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday; time for reader replies! My take: I will not at all be surprised if Iowa Republicans try to pass this unconstitutional Oklahoma BS here when the legislative session starts back up in January. Here’s hoping I’m wrong. Iowa news briefs: Mountain…
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Iowa has a dire shortage of nurses. Here’s why
News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. You probably already know Iowa has a problem getting qualified health care workers: We’re 44th in the nation for physicians to patients, or 30% worse than the national average; The problem is particularly bad in our nursing homes; Iowa Republicans passed…
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Iowa cancer survivors share their stories
The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Gano Whetstone settled into the infusion chair at Des Moines’ Mission Cancer + Blood and asked for her usual: black coffee and a warm blanket. On treatment days, she takes the paratransit bus to the hospital, arriving early to wait in the lobby…
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1st West Nile case confirmed in northern Iowa
Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday; time for reader replies! Fun fact of the day: William Britton “Bil” Baird was born on this day in 1904. A Mason City native and puppeteer, he created the beloved Charlemane the Lion character, though you might best remember him as the…
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Will Iowa Republicans cut IPERS?
News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. The Iowa DOGE task force wants to cut IPERS for new hires, the public employee retirement system that thousands of teachers, corrections officers, and more rely on to get them through their golden years. This does not sit well with…
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We need more cancer research. What’s the holdup?
The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. I’ve mailed out nitrate test strips to Iowans in 61 different cities; here’s a map of those cities. Glad to see folks from all around the state contributing! If a QR code isn’t your jam, here’s that response form. Now, for…
