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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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The University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics building is seen in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2023.

UIHC expands footprint with two urgent care clinics in the Quad Cities

Shreya Reddy, News Reporter December 6, 2023

As the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics continues its rapid expansion, two new urgent care clinics will open in the Quad Cities next year. The urgent care clinics, in Davenport and Bettendorf,...

Photo contributed by Pat Winokur.

New RSV vaccines to help protect grandparents and babies this winter

Grace Olson, News Reporter November 29, 2023

Pregnant women and their babies and adults over 60 years old can be more protected from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, this winter season through a new vaccine that the University of Iowa Hospitals...

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...

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

Opinion | Mercy Iowa City needs fixing, but should remain an acute health care facility

Evan Weidl, Opinions Editor August 23, 2023

Mercy Iowa City will likely soon be in the hands of the University of Iowa. After court filings alleged plans to turn Mercy Iowa City into a behavioral health facility, the acquisition could remove...

FILE - The University of Iowa Health Care building is seen on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/file)

UIHC introduces designated quiet hours

The only thing that will be heard walking through the halls of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in the afternoon is silence. The UIHC introduced the Quiet Campaign on March 15. The campaign...

FILE - The University of Iowa Health Care building is seen on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/file)

Regents approve medical leadership shakeup

Tom Ackerman, [email protected] February 26, 2016

New changes are coming to the medical field’s leadership on campus. In their meeting on Thursday, the state Board of Regents approved the merging of leadership at the University of Iowa Hospitals...

Broken hearts turn out to be real

Broken hearts turn out to be real

Kaylyn Kluck, [email protected] February 12, 2016

  No one wants to have a broken heart on Valentines Day, but cardiovascular specialists confirm that it can be a legitimate physical condition. For years, doctors at the University of Iowa Heart...

Gift of life

Gift of life

September 7, 2015

Cancer survivor and UI student Cody Cohen met his life-saving donor on Sept. 4 after years of anticipation. By Tom Ackerman [email protected] Anxious eyes shifted across the room on Sept. 4...

UI epilepsy research forges ahead

UI epilepsy research forges ahead

Bill Cooney, [email protected] August 3, 2015

Six stories above the University of Iowa Health Science Campus, one of the most common neurological problems in the world was under discussion. On July 30, members of the UI’s Comprehensive Epilepsy...