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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

The University of Iowa’s Sports Medicine Building is seen on Sunday, November 17, 2019.

University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics hosts walk-in clinics for student-athletes

Shreya Reddy, News Reporter October 15, 2023

As high school athletes continue to play in Friday night football games, volleyball games, and run in cross country meets, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics Sports Medicine is hosting a walk-in...

Beer taps are seen at the Backpocket Brewing taproom in Coralville on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

Iowa brewery uses beer sales to fund eye disease treatment at the UI Institute for Vision Research

Julia Rhodes, News Reporter October 12, 2023

Rob Hage was a patient at the University of Iowa Institute for Vision Research and is now using his brewery Blind Butcher Brewery in Iowa and nonprofit BREWS for BLiNDNESS to raise money for future patients’...

Mercy Hospital is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, March 12, 2023.

Bondholder Preston Hollow beats UI Hospitals and Clinics in auction for Mercy IC assets

Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor October 10, 2023

Bondholder Preston Hollow Community Capital topped the University of Iowa’s $20 million bid to acquire Mercy Iowa City and its assets in a prolonged auction. The decision was announced late Tuesday...

A Pfizer vaccine is drawn up during a vaccination clinic at the Radisson Hotel Conference Center in Coralville on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

Health experts say new COVID-19 vaccine is increasingly similar to a flu shot

Julia Rhodes, News Reporter October 9, 2023

Health experts in Johnson County predict that COVID-19 vaccines are becoming more like influenza shots, especially with the new vaccine currently available in Iowa City and Johnson County this fall. Local...

Mercy Hospital is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, March 12, 2023.

Mercy Iowa City sale hearing postponed, auction discussions continue

Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor October 9, 2023

A hearing on the sale of Mercy Iowa City was postponed on Friday after a motion was filed by Mercy to push the hearing to a later date because of ongoing, unresolved negotiations over the sale of the...

Mercy Hospital is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, March 12, 2023.

Mercy IC auction remains unresolved after late-night continuance

Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor October 5, 2023

The auction for Mercy Iowa City’s assets remains unresolved. After a late-night continuance of the auction on Wednesday to further negotiations, and no further action Thursday, Mercy still hangs in...

The University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics is seen on Wednesday, June 19, 2023.

UIHC piloting new theranostic cancer treatments in clinical trials

Shreya Reddy, News Reporter October 5, 2023

Theranostics, a new cancer treatment, has taken the world of medicine by storm. Theranostics is a specific type of therapy used to treat a variety of cancers, from prostate, breast, thyroid, bone and...

A construction worker looks during a construction tour of the University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Hospital in North Liberty, Iowa on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

UIHC North Liberty hospital construction halfway complete

Alejandro Rojas, News Editor September 27, 2023

With construction a little over halfway done, the state Board of Regents visited the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics new hospital in North Liberty on Wednesday. The tour comes a little...

Mercy Hospital is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, March 12, 2023.

UI to obtain ‘essentially all’ Mercy IC assets on Oct. 2 if unchallenged

Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor September 25, 2023

If no other bids to obtain Mercy Iowa City assets that exceed the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics $20 million bid are entered before Oct. 2 at 5 p.m., UIHC will acquire the 185-bed hospital,...

Laura Thomson and Holly Hancock pose for a portrait outside of the Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. The two are part of a nonprofit called Holly’s Heart, founded by Hancock. Holly’s Heart works to make unique hospital gowns for children staying in the Stead Family Children’s Hospital. (Emily Nyberg/The Daily Iowan)

Nonprofit gives UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital patients game-day-ready hospital gowns

Shreya Reddy, News Reporter September 5, 2023

Children at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital sported an alternative to hospital gowns during the first Hawkeye game of the season.  Holly’s Heart, a nonprofit organization,...

Facility dogs Corrin and Nacho meet members of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital Child Life team on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023.

UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital receives two furry helpers

Jack Moore, News Reporter September 4, 2023

The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital's brought two new dogs, Corrin and Nacho, into the hospital for animal-assisted therapy for patients through a new program this fall.  Funded...

Iowa City community member David Ricci hits a ball at the Mercer Park pickleball courts in Iowa City on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Ricci is a member of Pickleball Johnson County, an organization that encourages adults in Iowa City, North Liberty, and Coralville to get involved in the up-and-coming sport.

As pickleball grows in popularity, so do injuries for seniors

Julia Rhodes, News Reporter August 31, 2023

Pickleball is one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States, but injuries, especially in older individuals, are also rapidly increasing. Injuries from pickleball could cause over 67,000...