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Covering COVID-19
Updates on the effects of the coronavirus on the University of Iowa and Iowa City community
Resources
24/7 COVID-19 Hotline for Iowans
Dial 2-1-1
Student Health Nurseline
319-335-9704
*Use number below after hours and on weekends
UI Hospitals & Clinics Integrated Call Center
319-384-8442
800-777-8442 (toll free)
University Counseling Service
319-335-7294
UI Health Care maintains a helpline staffed 24 hours a day/seven days a week to answer questions about influenza or COVID-19 for health-care professionals and community members.
For general COVID-19 information and questions: 319-384-8819
For patients with COVID-19 and flu symptoms: 319-384-9010
For emergencies: 911
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Will Fineman, News Reporter
April 6, 2020
The University of Iowa Mobile Clinic has transitioned from its traditional, in-person medical services to telemedicine appointments amid social-distancing restrictions...
Kelsey Harrell, News Reporter
April 6, 2020
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics announced Monday that it is participating in an international clinical trial for remdesivir, an antiviral drug, to evaluate...
Mary Hartel, News Reporter
April 6, 2020
Classic music and hymns greeted churchgoers signing on to the virtual Palm Sunday services at the First United Methodist Church of Iowa City. As more people logged on...
Caleb McCullough, Assistant Politics Editor
April 6, 2020
Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the closure of more businesses and public gathering places in an acceleration of Iowa’s response to the coronavirus, including malls, bowling...
Rachel Schilke, News Reporter
April 5, 2020
When University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics contacted UI Chief Innovation Officer Jon Darsee asking desperately for face shields to prevent employees from contracting...
Rin Swann, News Reporter
April 5, 2020
Annie Wofford, a University of Iowa third-year student studying human physiology on the pre-med track, was concerned that she may miss out on the hands-on learning her...
Rin Swann, News Reporter
April 5, 2020
At Greenwood Drug and Compounding center, a Waterloo-based pharmacy, a staff of 50 continues its work amid the novel-coronavirus pandemic without face masks — and no...
Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter
April 5, 2020
The first COVID-19-related death in Johnson County was reported Sunday by the Iowa Department of Public Health. The individual was an older adult between the ages of...
Josie Fischels, Arts & Culture Editor
April 4, 2020
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will send more than $44 million to Iowa in order to reimburse COVID-19 response...
Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter
April 3, 2020
After a week of public pressure from lawmakers and counties, Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not issue a shelter-in-place order at this time, though Reynolds said orders currently...
Sarah Watson, Managing Editor
April 3, 2020
University of Iowa Health Care launched beginning a “virtual hospital” to treat COVID-19 patients at home who don’t need to be hospitalized. “A home treatment...
Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter
April 3, 2020
In-person summer programming at the University of Iowa has been cancelled through June 13. Programming includes youth programs and camps, research programs, and conferences. In...
Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor
April 2, 2020
Gov. Kim Reynolds announced in a Thursday press conference that she will extend K-12 school closures until April 30, giving school districts the option to implement either...
Rachel Schilke, News Reporter
April 2, 2020
University of Iowa junior Megan Lumetta was looking forward to a sales internship in Fort Myers, Florida with Gartner Inc., excited to step outside of her comfort zone...