vaccines

Iowans like shots.

Last flu season 179 children died from flu related illnesses. Hundreds more were hospitalized, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Iowa school students starting seventh grade are now required to have been vaccinated for meningitis. WQAD TV, quoting a story from The Des Moines Register states that school officials are concerned that thousands of students may be delayed from starting back to school because they have not received the newly required shot...