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Iowa Has Record Number of HIV Diagnoses

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on May 2, 2008 - 9:34am
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The number of Iowans diagnosed with HIV infection last year rose to its highest level since reporting began in 1998.


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Family Planning Funds Nixed by Iowa House

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on April 24, 2008 - 9:42am
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Iowa Right to Life wanted to prevent clinics that provide abortion services from receiving family planning funding for low-income women in the state. Now the funding has been cut altogether.


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Mandatory HPV Vaccine Moves Forward in Iowa

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on March 27, 2008 - 9:45am
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Only two steps remain in Iowa's legislative quest to require insurance companies to provide coverage of vaccinations for the human papillomavirus, the major cause of cervical cancer.


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Iowa Reconsidering Abstinence-Only Funding

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on February 29, 2008 - 9:48am
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At a state policy briefing on Thursday morning, Iowa legislators were asked to end federally funded abstinence-only sex education in the state. The move would make Iowa the seventeenth state to reject Title V abstinence-only funding.


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Planned Parenthood to Iowans: $1 Now or $4 Later?

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on February 12, 2008 - 9:44am
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Iowa has roughly 100,000 low-income women -- 12.3 percent of all women of childbearing age -- who need, but are not receiving, publicly assisted family planning services. The lack of access has been costly to Iowa, a state where half of all pregnancies are unintended.


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Hillary's "Shocking!" New Hampshire Win

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on January 9, 2008 - 10:03am
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Hillary Clinton brought home the Democratic vote in New Hampshire leaving some media outlets "stunned!"


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One Day Before Caucus Night and...

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on January 2, 2008 - 9:59am
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Tomorrow is caucus day and Iowans are flashing back to 2004 when Dennis Kucinich threw his support behind Edwards just before caucus day helping to propel Edwards to a second place finish. This year, however, Kucinich is supporting Obama.


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Six Days Before Caucus Night and...

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on December 28, 2007 - 9:23am
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Six days to go until the Iowa caucus and Mike Huckabee comes out ahead even with his mis-speak after Bhutto's death yesterday.


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Seven Days Before Caucus Night and ...

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on December 27, 2007 - 10:09am
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The second in the series of Lynda Waddington's daily reports from Iowa during the run-up to the caucuses on January 3rd.


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Eight Days Before Caucus Night and ...

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on December 26, 2007 - 3:48pm
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The countdown to Iowa begins. With eight days until the Iowa caucus, candidates are scrambling to make the biggest splash but are Iowans already worn out?


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