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After a mild winter, there will likely be an uptick in ticks this year. Safeguarding yourself, and your pets, from ticks requires protecting yourself before, during, and after spending time outdoors. Mild winters could mean more ticks earlier than usual and a wider spread of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. Tick season generally stretches…

Many COVID-conscious Iowa parents were mostly worried about the new school year a month ago, but now they’re frustrated too. For many, they’ve spent the past year at home with their children, limiting trips outside and wearing masks when they did. When they were able, many got vaccinated. And now they’re facing a school year…

Iowa House Republicans would make it a felony to “manufacture, distribute, prescribe, dispense, sell or transfer” abortion drugs in Iowa. According to House File 146, filed Monday, the bill will not include penalties for the women who take or obtain the pills, and it doesn’t include birth control. Despite abortion being legal in Iowa until…

More than 5 million Native Americans live in the United States as members of 574 federally recognized and 63 state-recognized tribes. That number is projected to rise to 10 million by 2060. Stacker ranked the states with the largest Native American populations using data from the Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey.

Iowa House Republicans introduced a sweeping abortion ban on Tuesday that only allows the medical procedure to be performed under rare circumstances. The 53-page bill does a number of things, including: Defines life at fertilization, and uses the term “unborn child” for all stages Declares zygotes, embryos, and fetuses entitled to equal protection under the…