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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

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

UIHC Respiratory Illness Follow-Up Clinic helps patients with ongoing effects of COVID-19

Samantha Murray, News Reporter September 16, 2020

The University of Iowa Respiratory Illness Follow-Up Clinic, the only COVID-19 follow-up clinic currently in Iowa, is seeking to help patients struggling with lingering effects of COVID-19 and study...

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UIHC, College of Nursing faculty inducted into American Academy of Nursing Fellows Class

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter September 15, 2020

The American Academy of Nursing will induct two University of Iowa nurses into its 2020 Class of Fellows later this year. UI College of Nursing Assistant Professor Barbara St. Marie and UI Hospitals...

Pictured on Aug. 31, 2020 is Dr. Edward Rojas inside the Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Center at the University of Iowa. UIHC is carrying out research on how chatbots can minimize opioid usage for patients after surgeries.

Researchers use chatbots to deliver psychotherapy to help decrease opioid use

Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter September 3, 2020

Researchers at the University of Iowa and University of Pennsylvania are using chatbots, an artificial intelligence software, to deliver psychotherapy to patients to cut down their opioid use after...

The University of Iowa Pharmacy Building is seen during a media tour on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2020.

University of Iowa researchers use implant to induce bone regeneration in diabetic patients

Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter September 2, 2020

Researchers at the University of Iowa are developing an implant that helps induce bone formation in patients with diabetes. Aliasger Salem, UI College of Pharmacy Bighley Chair, is using a multi-functional...

U of I Stead Family Children’s Hospital as seen on April 13,2020

UNI student, inspired by memory of sister, works to become a doctor

Cole Krutzfield, News Reporter August 26, 2020

One University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic volunteer, Nolan Ford who hopes to one day become like the UI doctors who attended to his sister, who died from cancer at nine years old. “My sister...

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...