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RFK Jr. announced this week that the federal government is removing the recommendation that kids and pregnant women get routine COVID-19 vaccines. But CDC advice is more nuanced.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The recent announcement by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about removing the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women ...

Most of the main accounts haven't posted since the CDC's digital media team was laid off. During March, the CDC's main Facebook page posted more than 20 times—sometimes twice a day.

You can also call Your Life Iowa at 855-581-8111, text 855-895-8398 or start a live chat at yourlifeiowa.org to speak with a trained counselor who can help screen you and connect you with help.

What to know about symptoms, cases in Iowa The map below shows where each of Iowa's counties falls among the CDC's grading of community transmission: High, substantial, moderate or low transmission.

Public Health Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump's cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state Scalpel vs. hatchet ...

CDC spokespeople did not respond to requests seeking comment. Scalpel vs. hatchet On Thursday, President Trump indicated that Cabinet secretaries would have more control of job cuts going forward.

"I am glad that the CDC is responding to the information we are gathering about the real-world effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines, and about the falling COVID-19 rates in the U.S.

Iowa has the second highest incidence rate of cancer in the country, and it is already feeling Trump's cuts to the workforce and research institutions trying to solve the rural cancer problem.