A Coralville-based CDC worker who worked to raise awareness on Iowa's alarming cancer incident rates was laid off last week as part of massive purge.

Bri McNulty, 23, won her dream job as a CDC fellow working on cancer prevention in Iowa, the state with the second highest incidence of cancer. But she was fired, like so many federal workers.

The CDC reports Iowa has a "Very High" level of flu activity as hospitals continue to deal with a high number of hospitalizations.

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.

Some doctors have called it the worst flu season in years. According to the CDC both Nebraska and Iowa are seeing very high levels of flu activity.

Before her termination, McNulty served as the outreach coordinator at the Iowa Cancer Consortium in Coralville. McNulty worked in that role since late 2023 as part of the CDC's Public Health Associate Program for Recent Graduates. This two-year training ...

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.

Iowa's Department of Health and Human Services says roughly 38% of PCR tests were positive, leading to more hospitalized people.

and if the CDC program sponsoring her fellowship disappears, Iowans will lose opportunities to attract the health care talent the state so desperately needs. "We need young people coming to Iowa ...

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... Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump's cuts to CDC and NIH ...