The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics hopes to use an experimental treatment for patients who test positive for COVID-19, the Regeneron monoclonal antibody. This may prevent future hospitalizations...
Frontline workers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics may receive the first round of coronavirus vaccinations next week, once approved by the Food and Drug Administration. UIHC leaders...
Kirstin Brainard called a patient’s loved ones to deliver the news that no one wants to hear. A medical intensive-care unit nurse at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for a decade, Brainard...
As hospitalizations and positive coronavirus cases continue to rise in Iowa, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is utilizing the Home Treatment Team, a model that allows health care providers...
One way the state has conducted mass COVID-19 testing is via outdoor drive-through services. As temperatures drop, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and other testing locations are confronted...
University of Iowa and Iowa State University researchers are collaborating to develop a nanovaccine for COVID-19, which allows patients to receive the treatment through a nasal spray.
The team for...
Iowa’s doctors and scientists issued dire warnings over the weekend as hospitalizations continued to rise across the state, threatening — and in some cases already — overwhelming hospitals in...
University of Iowa cystic fibrosis researchers received $11.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to research therapies for patients with the lung disease.
The research team, which consists...
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is sounding the alarm, asking for hospital employees that can work from home to do remote work to preserve staff at the hospital as the pandemic increases...
As Iowa experiences record coronavirus case counts and hospitalizations ahead of the coming winter months, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is making changes to staffing on COVID floors,...
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is participating in a trial using an antibody cocktail from Regeneron, the treatment that President Trump used after his COVID-19 diagnosis. The trial’s...
Workers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are providing guidance on how to trick-or-treat this year, including good hand hygiene and incorporating face masks into Halloween costumes.
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![Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) Liz Highland twists the lid on a sippy cup at her home on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. Highland works two twelve-hour shifts at the ILI Clinic per week and helps with telemedicine and administrative tasks throughout the week, adding up to 45 hours in a regular work week. On nights when she arrives home after her husband Corey and 18-month-old daughter Loah have gone to bed, Highland usually takes a shower, eats dinner, and does dishes, laundry, or other household tasks in a quiet house before bed. “It’s kind of sad to me, but [Corey] is a student also, so a lot of times even when I do come home we don’t have a lot of time to sit and chit-chat ‘cause he’s doing homework or like today he got up at 4:30, he’s got to get up at 4:30 again.” Highland said, adding that it works for childcare but she and her husband never see each other.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Top-3-900x600.jpg)
![Kristen Pascal, a senior research and development specialist at Regeneron in Tarrytown, works in February with cells being used in an effort to create antibodies to treat people exposed to the novel coronavirus. The process involves injecting pseudo-coronavirus into genetically altered mice that produce human-like antibodies. [Gannett file photo]](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/REGENERONTREATMENT-900x600.jpg)
