Blood test shows when it's safe to stop antibiotics in sepsis patients

A simple blood test can tell doctors when it is safe to stop antibiotics in patients recovering from sepsis, a review led by ...
Iowa Public Radio

In the wake of a near-total fish kill, southwest Iowans wade into water testing

Samantha Williams, co-president of the Nishnabotna Water Defenders, holds a dissolved oxygen test next to the East Nishnabotna River near Red Oak. The state's fifth largest recorded fish kill occurred ...
Medical Xpress

Sodium nitrite and nitrate increasingly used in youth suicide attempts, study finds

Young people are increasingly turning to sodium nitrite and nitrate as a method of suicide after buying the products online, according to research presented during the 2025 American Academy of ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Nitrate contamination of drinking water could cost Wisconsin communities millions, new report finds

A new report finds nitrate contamination in Wisconsin could cost communities millions and increase health care bills. Nitrate, primarily from excess farm fertilizer and manure, is Wisconsin's most ...
Iowa Public Radio

As water restrictions roll back in Des Moines, the nitrate conversation shifts upstream

The Des Moines River winds through agricultural land in Boone County. Nitrate levels reached 16.66 milligrams per liter in the Des Moines River June 12 and 19.39 mg/L in the Raccoon River June 9. With ...
Des Moines Register

Iowa has made real progress on water quality innovations. Here are the details. | Opinion

Mike Castellano is professor of agronomy at Iowa State University and leads the Iowa Nitrogen Initiative. Matt Helmers is professor agricultural and biosystems engineering and director of the Iowa ...
KCCI Des Moines

Central Iowa water quality experts say at-home nitrate test kits are unreliable

LITTLE BIT, AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU SOON. RIGHT NOW, MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA IS STILL UNDER A LAWN WATERING BAN. IT’S DUE TO HIGH NITRATE LEVELS IN OUR WATER SOURCES. YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL ...
KCCI Des Moines

What are nitrates in drinking water and why Iowa officials are watching closely

LEVELS HAVE GOTTEN THIS HIGH. SO WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT NITRATES, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS A NITRATE? NEW AT FOUR. KCCI’S NICOLE TAM HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO WATCH THOSE ...
The White House

CONTINUING THE REDUCTION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY

Section 1. Purpose. This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the President has determined are unnecessary. Sec. 2. Reducing the Scope of the Federal ...
The Hill

Hegseth orders Pentagon’s testing office staff cut by more than half

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat is blasting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his decision this week to appoint a new director of the Pentagon’s operational test enterprise and ...
WCPO Cincinnati

Hamilton County Public Health distributes fentanyl test strips to promote harm reduction in local venues

CINCINNATI — A small plastic pouch contains a potentially life-saving tool: a fentanyl testing strip that can be used in just about a minute. Hamilton County Public Health has partnered with 90 local ...
Des Moines Register

Citizen volunteers help keep tabs on potentially dangerous nitrate levels in Iowa's water

Citizen scientists in Iowa are monitoring nitrate levels in streams and drinking water through the Izaak Walton League's Nitrate Watch program. The data collected supplements state monitoring efforts ...