By: Nada Ibrahim, HealthyJoCo Volunteer The Iowa City Community School District stated that it lets students go to classes, even ...
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By: Nada Ibrahim, HealthyJoCo Volunteer Due to the Trump Administration's new regulation, which prohibits any health care organization providing and counseling ...
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By: Kylie Henkels, HealthyJoCo Volunteer Researchers explored whether accumulated stress in a community could have significant effects on how well ...
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By: Nada Ibrahim, HealthyJoCo Volunteer According to the Madison County Board of Public Health, wind turbines can cause headaches and ...
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By: Kylie Henkels, HealthyJoCo Volunteer A town in Florida prides its self as “the town that Freedom built.” The oldest ...
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By: Nada Ibrahim, HealthyJoCo Volunteer A few states are being consulted by the CDC about the few pulmonary illnesses related ...
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The University of Iowa invites all interested community members – parents, educators, healthcare providers, government officials, employers, students, faculty, staff ...
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By: Kylie Henkels, HealthyJoCo Volunteer Health institutions have traditionally viewed their role as providing or paying for clinical services, however ...
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By: Mallory Holub, HealthyJoCo Volunteer Schools all over are trying to fight back on the vaping epidemic that has risen ...
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By: Nada Ibrahim, HealthyJoCo Volunteer Although there has been a huge increase in Naloxone being prescribed, there has been a ...
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By: Mallory Holub, HealthyJoCo Volunteer The CDC has began investigating possible cases of pulmonary disease linked to the use of ...
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By: Nada Ibrahim, HealthyJoCo Volunteer The amount of opioid overdose is low in Iowa and the Iowa Department of Public ...
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By Mitch Wisniewski, HealthyJoCo Volunteer The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $4.2 million grant ...
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By: Mallory Holub, HealthyJoCo Volunteer As the school year kicks off again for the 2019-2020 school year it is important ...
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By: Nada Ibrahim, HealthyJoCo Volunteer There has been an increase in the number of Hepatitis A cases around the United ...
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By: Mallory Holub, HealthyJoCo Volunteer Iowa City has required its landlords to offer recycling to their tenants since 2016, yet ...
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By: Nada Ibrahim, HealthyJoCo Volunteer A new study finds that replacing meat with plant-based foods in your diet could improve ...
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By Mitch Wisniewski, HealthyJoCo Volunteer To have a successful school year, kids need to stay healthy. Healthy students are better ...
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There has been a growing amount of research supporting the fact that switching to a plant based diet can improve ...
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Iowa Methodist Medical Center leaders have decided to settle lawsuits from scores of patients who suffered needless pain because a ...
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Public Health Department had sent out volunteers to go door-to-door knocking to conduct surveys to get feedback from the community ...
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Proposals to eliminate private health insurance in favor of a single payer version of “Medicare for All” may be losing ...
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Come this week to downtown to get a look at the different artworks created by Latino artists as well as ...
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The animal shelter in Iowa City is overcrowded with kittens and cats so they have looked to local businesses to ...
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Iowans who get health insurance at work are paying more for it. A new study by a firm in Clive ...
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Iowa's Democratic representatives in Congress are calling for the Senate to convene and vote on background checks following the mass ...
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Free skin cancer screenings will be held at 2019’s Courage Ride for sarcoma research. The screenings will be available from 8 to ...
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Feeding babies takes a lot of effort, no matter what a baby is eating. Parents need support whether their baby ...
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By: Sam Jarvis, MS, CERC, Emergency Preparedness Planner Extreme heat is forecasted throughout the next several days for Johnson County ...
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By: Kate Klefstad, Clinical Services Manager Farmers’ Market checks are now available through the WIC clinic! The checks allow eligible ...
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Friday July 19th 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM S030 CPHB By: Kirsten M. M. Beyer, PhD, MPH, MS TARGET AUDIENCE: ...
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By: Sam Jarvis, MS, CERC, Emergency Preparedness Planner During the weeks of July 14 through July 27, Johnson County Public ...
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By: Susan Vileta, Health Educator From 2017 to 2018, electronic smoking/vaping increased 78% among high school youth and 48% among ...
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Image of HealthyJoCo survey postcard You might receive a postcard in the mail in a few days notifying you that ...
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What is MPHTC? "The Midwestern Public Health Training Center's purpose is to ensure the current and future public health workforce has ...
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By Kathryn Edel, MSW, Health Educator Johnson County Public Health (JCPH) to hose marketing campaign launch party in accordance with ...
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The Community Health Division of Johnson County Public Health (JCPH) selected four awardees for their HealthyJoCo Community Projects Funding opportunity ...
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The Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center is now a participating location for Renew Active™, a program designed to help UnitedHealthcare ...
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The Iowa Department of Human Rights’ Office of Latino Affairs for the Latinos CAN Coalition is hosting a logo contest! ...
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Tripled!Disease cases from mosquito, tick, and flea bites tripled in the US from 2004 to 2016. Nine!Nine new germs spread ...
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The Summer Food Service Program, administered by the Iowa Department of Education, provides nutritious meals and snacks to children in ...
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Commentary by Dr. Nalo Johnson, article by the National League of Citites Education is often cited as one of the ...
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By: Susan Vileta, Health Educator The 2018 Iowa Youth Survey data was released in February 2019, and unfortunately, there was ...
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By: Chuck Dufano, MS, RD, LD, WIC/MCH Coordinator Farmers’ Market checks are available again this summer to WIC participants (as ...
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By: Jason Decker, Environmental Health Specialist Spring is in the air! New growth will begin soon, flowers will be blooming, ...
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By: Sam Jarvis, MS, CERC, Emergency Preparedness Planner April showers bring May flowers, but that also means severe weather and ...
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By: Jennifer Miller, Disease Prevention Specialist It’s finally warming up and we’re all looking forward to spending more time outdoors ...
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By: Kathryn Edel, LMSW, Health Educator In January 2019, Johnson County Board of Health (JCBOH) released a position statement pertaining ...
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By: Dave Koch, Director, Johnson County Public Health Dear Johnson County, I’m pleased to announce that Johnson County Public Health ...
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Commentary by Dr. Nalo Johnson, article by the Iowa Department of Human Rights The Iowa Department of Human Rights recently ...
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Commentary by Dr. Nalo Johnson, article by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Those earning wages that allow for themselves and ...
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By Michael Berger, University of Iowa Student Intern As part of the Johnson County Health Improvement Plan, radon is identified ...
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By Jennifer Miller, Disease Prevention Specialist Applying for insurance can be a difficult and complicated process. For the past two ...
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By: Barbara Vinograde, Executive Director of the Iowa City Free Medical and Dental Clinic We are excited to announce that ...
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