Sarah Watson, Executive Editor
• December 22, 2020
Juan Vega, 34, knew the vaccine was coming. He’s worked as a housekeeper for the Iowa City Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System in its 12-bed COVID-19 ward, the only one at the veteran-care hospital,...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Iowa received its first shipments of the Moderna vaccine on Monday, which is currently being distributed to healthcare facilities statewide for priority vaccinations.Â
During...
The University of Iowa reported 16 new cases of COVID-19 since Dec. 18. There were 13 self-reported cases among students and three among employees.Â
Since the university began reporting caes on...
The University of Iowa athletics department conducted 443 COVID-19 PCR tests for the week of Dec. 14-20 and received 14 positive tests and 429 negative tests.
As part of Iowa’s return to campus...
The University of Iowa reported nine new student and employee self-reported COVID-19 cases since Dec. 16.Â
Since the beginning of the semester, 2,799 student COVID-19 cases and 327 employee cases...
Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz has tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Friday morning.
The 65-year-old is asymptomatic, according to a press release, and will remain home until...
The University of Iowa reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 since Dec. 14, six among students and six among faculty.Â
Since the beginning of the fall semester, 2,796 students and 321 employees have...
About 500 health-care workers across Iowa have already received the coronavirus vaccine, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday. Reynolds also announced loosened restrictions on bars, restaurants, and...
Sarah Watson, Executive Editor
• December 15, 2020
Some of Roger Lusala’s close friends and family — even his kids — raised eyebrows when he told them this summer he’d take part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial.
The Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine, approved...
Kelsey Harrell, Managing Digital Editor
• December 15, 2020
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Iowa yesterday and health care workers at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics become the first people in the state to receive doses of the vaccine. Some...
Health care workers, long on the front lines facing COVID-19, are now the first in line to receive the first doses of the vaccine to prevent the disease.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics...
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics employees began receiving the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine on Monday, which was studied in clinical trials at the hospital.Â
According to a press release from...
