Researchers from the University of Iowa and 14 other institutions discovered that the omicron variant of the coronavirus causes much less weight loss and lung disease in mice and hamsters, similar...
University of Iowa students who self-report positive COVID-19 cases say they are avoiding isolating in university quarantine dorms.
According to data reported on Monday, 16 students were in isolation...
When Carmela Furio flew to Italy this spring for their semester studying abroad, they had a packet of files with them on the plane in case they were stopped when trying to enter the country.
Furio,...
University of Iowa health experts recommend the UI community to wear KN95 masks instead of surgical masks to offer better protection against COVID-19.
Patrick O’Shaughnessy, director of graduate...
Iowa will discontinue its coronavirus reporting website, as well as a website helping Iowans find vaccinations, and end its coronavirus public health disaster proclamation in mid-February, Iowa Gov....
The University of Iowa has expanded COVID-19 testing availability for students.
The university purchased thousands of tests to expand options and capacity among students across campus, Undergraduate...
Johnson County Democrats will hold the midterm caucuses virtually because of the spread of the coronavirus in the county.
“We believe that our caucuses should be open to all Democrats, including...
Lillian Poulsen, Senior Projects Reporter
• January 25, 2022
On a sunny day in March near Iowa City, Sue McConnell, 75, sat with a 92-year-old hospice patient watching the 2021 girls’ state basketball tournament.
As McConnell’s patient, and now friend,...
Johnson County will stop disciplining employees who do not comply with the county’s vaccination, testing, and face covering policy, including suspending testing requirements for unvaccinated staff.
During...
Some members of the University of Iowa community have raised concerns about the COVID-19 omicron variant and what the university is doing to prevent illness for students, staff, and faculty as the...
The University of Iowa’s Student Wellness is now requiring medical-grade masks to be worn at all appointments.
The updated requirement applies to both students and staff, and went into effect...
A rise in COVID-19 cases has left Big Ten institutions to choose how to mitigate the virus as students return to class.
At the University of Iowa, classes will take place in person as scheduled....
![(From left to right) Stanley Perlman, Abby Odle, and Roy Wong pose for a portrait in the Bowen Science Building in Iowa City on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Perlman described the experiment as a way to see how animals contracting the omicron variant will correlate with human reactions. “That’s what we show, that these both hamsters and mice duplicate many of the features people have [with] omicron, but not all of them.”](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/omicronFEATURED-900x600.jpg)
