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A YEAR AT A GLANCE

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JULY 2015
A three-year grant funds laboratory testing for “high consequence pathogens,” including Ebola.

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AUGUST 2015
A nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Poona peaks in August and sickens more than 900 people before it ends in March 2016.

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SEPTEMBER 2015
The Iowa Newborn Screening Program begins testing for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency for South Dakota.

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OCTOBER 2015
Clostridium perfringens is found in meat served at a Polk County school.

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NOVEMBER 2015
Mumps cases soar to 196, the highest level since the 2006 outbreak. Total Iowa reportable cases for 2015 is 287.

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DECEMBER 2015
A Shigellosis outbreak in the state sickens more than 560 people from March 1 to Dec. 18.

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JANUARY 2016
The CDC increases to 24 the number of countries that are on its traveler alert list because of the Zika virus.

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FEBRUARY 2016
Arsenic in Iowa is above EPA standards.

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MARCH 2016
The Ankeny lab performs more than 1,600 tests for lead in drinking water.

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APRIL 2016
Forty HazMat techs from Iowa practice techniques to detect substances that could be used in a chemical threat.

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MAY 2016
Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets much of the state. Ambient Air Quality section tracks the pollution.

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JUNE 2016
Municipal water from Sugar Land, Texas, is tested for Cryptosporidium.

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