Sarah Watson, Managing News Editor
• March 25, 2020
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics plans to expand its in-house testing, announced on Friday, by three- or four-fold, UI Vice President for Medical Affairs Brooks Jackson said Wednesday.
“We...
Iowa City hospitals are encouraging not calling for a shelter-in-place order, Mercy Iowa City and University of Iowa Health Care officials said at a press conference Wednesday.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds...
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will offer COVID-19 testing starting Friday in an effort to ramp up testing capacity for the disease.
While physicians can order a test for those suspected...
The University of Iowa is accepting donations for two emergency funds that aim to benefit both students and health-care providers at UI Hospitals and Clinics during the novel coronavirus outbreak.Â
The...
COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has claimed the lives of over 12,000 individuals across the world and now has a case present in all 50 U.S. states.
The virus hadn’t...
University of Iowa Health Care leaders issued a request today for Iowa businesses and other individuals to donate new or used protective face shields to the hospital for employee use.Â
The shields...
A karaoke DJ from Iowa City has been diagnosed with novel coronavirus after test results for the virus came back positive on March 15, and he's warning people who went to his events since Feb. 28 that...
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is treating a second patient with COVID-19 — the first patient the health-care center has seen with community-acquired transmission, a spokesperson said in...
In response to the growing spread and public concern over COVID-19, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is increasing screening protocol for patient visitors in attempts to mitigate transmission....
University of Iowa Health Care employees are taking preventative measures to prepare staff for visitors and patients with flu-like symptoms as UIHC shared Wednesday it was caring for one novel coronavirus...
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics CEO Suresh Gunasekaran alerted employees in an email Wednesday morning of the admittance of a COVID-19 patient in "critical condition."
According to the...
The number of presumptive novel coronavirus cases in Johnson County reached 12 on Tuesday after traveling on the same Egypt cruise, state health officials confirmed.
A Tuesday press release from the...
