Grant will help increase screenings for colorectal cancer

The Iowa Department of Public Health has landed a five-year, four-point-four million dollar grant from the CDC to boost colorectal cancer screenings. Jeanna Jones, the agency’s screening promotions coordinator, says too few Iowans are being screened for colon cancer, which is often preventable by getting screened. “Our screening rates are in the low 70s, so […]