DES MOINES (SPECIAL) - Carbon monoxide poisoning is a dangerous problem that is often heightened during winter months. Iowa Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is urging Iowans to be cognizant of the dangers caused by the colorless and odorless gas that can overcome an individual without ...
State College, Pa. (SPECIAL) - AccuWeather.com reports weather dependent, North America will be treated to a total lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning. What makes this eclipse rare is that it coincides with the winter solstice, a feat that has not occurred in over 350 years. Tuesday's eclipse ...
A New Year’s resolution to be prepared for emergencies is simple – and could save lives Kansas City, MO – With the holiday season upon us and 2011 fast approaching, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging all Americans to make emergency preparedness one of their New ...
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced that three separate strains of influenza have already been identified in Iowa this flu season. Health officials say that the findings are unusual, but point out the vaccine currently available protects against all three strains. “It ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) hailed the Senate passage of legislation to better protect Americans against contaminated food and food-borne illness. The measure passed by a vote of 73 to 25. Harkin, who is Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ...
DES MOINES (SPECIAL) - Sustained strong sales levels and higher capital spending by many of Iowa’s largest employers were two reasons for improvement in overall optimism expressed by business leaders for the coming six months. The 2010Q4 Iowa Business Council (IBC) Overall Economic Outlook ...
UTICA, NEW YORK (SPECIAL) - Nearly half of all U.S. adults (46 percent) say they plan to spend less on the holidays this year than they did in 2009, and 51 percent say they will spend less on gifts, a new Zogby Interactive Poll finds. However, when people are given specific dollar ranges of ...
GRINNELL (SPECIAL) - Throughout 2010, Grinnell Regional Medical Center has received $22,000 in donations from the Grinnell Regional Medical Center Auxiliary to help fund an upgrade to the hospital‚s magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services. "We appreciate everything the auxiliary does for ...
(SPECIAL) - On Nov. 17 the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) issued a letter of warning to manufacturers of alcoholic beverages containing added caffeine, which stated the products are adulterated under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The FDA provided manufacturers with 15 ...
MARSHALLTOWN (SPECIAL) - The Marshalltown Community College Student Activities Council is sponsoring a free concert by comedian Jay Black on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the MCC Student Union, Room 303. Jay Black has gone from entertaining high school English students in a New Jersey ...