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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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TIffin resident, Karen Kieth-Zamora sit in silence during a candlelight vigil at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics on Monday, August 26th, 2020. SEIU, along with several nurses and community members held a candlelight vigil to honor the nurses who passed away from COVID-19.

Vigil held in front of UIHC during week of prayer for essential workers

Natalie Dunlap, News Reporter August 26, 2020

Inside the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, essential workers and caregivers are treating patients with COVID-19. Outside, the local chapter of Service Employees International Union held a...

Rain is seen through a window on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. With wind gusts around 80 mph, the derecho ­--a widespread wind damage event produced by severe thunderstorms-- hit Iowa City in the afternoon causing tree damage and power outages.

UIHC studies how to combat mental health struggles after derecho, amidst COVID-19

Mackenzie Koesters, News Reporter August 26, 2020

In the aftermath of the historic derecho that swept through Iowa, many may experience increased struggles with their mental health — especially during COVID-19, where social distance isolation from...

Offensive Linemen Levi and Landon Paulsen talk to Kid Captain Enzo Thongsoum in the Hawkeye football locker room at Kids Day at Kinnick on Saturday, August 10, 2019. Kids Day at Kinnick is an annual event for families to experience Iowa's football stadium, while watching preseason practice and honoring this year's Kid Captains.

Without football, Kid Captains will have to wait to take on Kinnick with the team

Rylee Wilson, News Editor August 24, 2020

The Iowa Hawkeyes won’t be taking to the field in Kinnick Stadium in 2020, and neither will the team’s youngest leaders – its Kid Captains.  The 2020 Kid Captain season will be postponed...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

University of Iowa Health Care’s graduate medical education team awarded grant to promote diversity, equity, inclusion

Cole Krutzfield, News Reporter July 16, 2020

University of Iowa Health Care’s graduate medical education team have received a new grant to create and provide educational resources for medical providers and patients to address patterns of discrimination...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

UI Heart and Vascular Clinic completes 1000th TAVR surgery

Rachel Schilke, News Reporter July 14, 2020

Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists in the University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center attribute their recent award as best in the region to the experience and collaborative nature of team members. The...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (Tate Hildyard/The Daily Iowan)

Experts point to large indoor social gatherings as cause for recent uptick in COVID-19 cases

Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter July 12, 2020

Public health experts say that a lack of appropriate face-covering and lack of social distancing are to blame for the recent spike in positive coronavirus cases in Johnson County. They urge residents...

Iowa City's Mercy Hospital location on September 25, 2017. Kathleen and Andrew Kromphardt, sued Mercy Hospital of Iowa City, Obstetric and Gynecologic Associates of Iowa City and Coralville and Jill Goodman, an obstetrician-gynecologist and one of the directors of the Coralville clinic after their newborn sustained serious brain damage after his birth at the hospital.

Johnson County Public Health and hospitals respond to recent spike in COVID-19 cases

Sebastian Lechuga, News Reporter July 8, 2020

Despite a sharp increase in positive coronavirus cases in Johnson County in the month of June, Iowa City hospitals say they are not experiencing challenges dealing with an increase in COVID-19 patients. Daily...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics oncologist uses liquid biopsy to detect leftover cancer in patients

Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter July 1, 2020

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Oncologist Pashtoon Kasi is working with other researchers on campus and around the world to develop liquid biopsy and DNA tests that will detect leftover...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

University of Iowa doctors monitor and help COVID-19 patients remotely

Cole Krutzfeild, News Reporter June 29, 2020

A team of doctors at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have created a program to monitor people with COVID-19 from the comfort and safety of the patients’ homes. The UI Health Care’s...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

University of Iowa researchers develop mice model to study COVID-19 symptoms

Rachel Schilke, News Reporter June 28, 2020

Researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine say that using mice models for testing will bring labs across the country closer to developing a vaccine for COVID-19. Labs under...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (Tate Hildyard/The Daily Iowan)

UI College of Engineering and nurse scientists collaborate with UW-Madison Health to study support of triage nurses amid COVID-19

Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter June 25, 2020

Researchers in the University of Iowa College of Engineering and UI Hospitals and Clinics recently began studying triage nurses during the coronavirus pandemic. Their study, funded by the National...

The Carver College of Medicine gathered outside the Medical Education Research Facility for White Coats for Black Lives on Friday, June 5th, 2020. The medical community silently nealt for ten minutes in honor of Breonna Taylor and to protest systemic racism.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics staff respond to the Black Lives Matter protest held near the hospital June 6

Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter June 14, 2020

  University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics faculty and staff are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, after protesters marched directly outside the emergency department...