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.

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.

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.

Get updates of all things Iowa politics delivered to your inbox. According to USA Today, thousands of federal employees across multiple government agencies have been laid off, with many of the initial firings focused on employees early in their careers at these federal agencies.

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

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

The nation’s top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious, but lesser-known, laboratory program that has become a mainstay of outbreak responses.

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 ...