COVID

The Rock Island County Health Department wants people to help prevent COVID, the flu, and other respiratory illnesses this fall and winter.

On September 7th, American Airlines will stop flying at the Dubuque Airport. One local leader says the loss is a wake-up call to change the rules of government subsidies for airlines.

Katz is the Medical Director of the Scott County Health Department.

As of April 6th, 2022, no one in Rock Island County and Scott County had died of COVID-19 in the previous week, but the number of cases increased.

Starting tomorrow, the Rock Island County Health Department will offer second, COVID-19 booster vaccines for older people and others.

It's been two years since health officials started warning the public about SARS-CoV2, the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 infection.

The Rock Island County Health Department says today, the CDC changed its categories for COVID-19 transmission.

As the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads, the numbers just keep getting higher.

University of Iowa Health Care is urging people to continue following CDC guidelines due to the spike in omicron COVID-19 cases.

The conronavirus continues to kill residents of the Quad Cities area.