Health department promotes '99 County' cancer project, free radon tests and flu shots

Poke Miller of the Des Moines County Health Department urged residents to attend the '99 County Project' event hosted with the University of Iowa and Great River Health Systems, saying the session — available in person and virtually — will focus on local cancer rates. "Our number 1 cancer in Des Moines County is prostate cancer. Number 2 is female breast cancer. 3 is lung cancer," Miller said.

Miller also noted ongoing public-health services: free radon screening kits are available with prepaid return shipping, flu shots are being offered on Tuesdays with walk-ins accepted, and measles vaccinations are available at no cost to eligible adults and children. She directed people to the county and Morgan County Board of Health Facebook pages for a registration QR code and offered county-staff assistance with sign-up options.