By Matthew Peirce, Des Moines If you live in Iowa, you have an interest in what goes on at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. UIHC is the most comprehensive health care center in our state, serving all our residents and those from large swaths of neighboring states. I underwent major […]
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COVID-19 vaccinations begin at UIHC as 60 new deaths are reported in Iowa

Frontline healthcare workers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics started receiving COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday morning. Vaccination programs around the country have begun following the FDA’s emergency use authorization of Pfizer’s vaccine Friday night. Emergency room RN David Conway was the first person at UIHC to receive the vaccine. “How’d it feel?” one […]
Iowa surpasses 250,000 COVID-19 cases as the Pfizer vaccine takes another step towards FDA approval

Late Thursday afternoon, the FDA’s vaccine advisory panel voted 17 to 4, with one abstention, to recommend the agency grant emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to people 16 and older. The FDA almost always follows the panel’s recommendations, and the emergency use authorization is expected to happen quickly. The four […]
Iowa should begin distributing 172,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of December

Iowa should receive 172,000 doses of the two COVID-19 vaccines currently under consideration for emergency use approval by the end of the month, Gov. Kim Reynolds said during her news conference on Thursday. The FDA will issue a decision on whether to approve use of a vaccine by Pfizer on a emergency basis on Dec. […]
Experts fear Iowa healthcare system’s ‘collapse’ as one-day cases surpass 5,000 for the first time

Iowa had its worst day for new COVID-19 cases on Friday, with the Iowa Department of Public Health reporting 5,065 more confirmed cases of the virus during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. The new cases included 141 residents of Johnson County and 356 residents of Linn County. The previous one-day record for new […]
Illinois businessman charged with stealing more than $1.6 million from UIHC in PPE scam

An Illinois businessman has been charged with wire fraud after stealing more than $2.6 million from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and a Chicago hospital that was supposed to pay for “scarce personal protective equipment amidst the COVID-19 pandemic,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago announced on Tuesday. According to the complaint filed […]
As COVID cases surge, Gov. Reynolds introduces minor new restrictions and pledges to keep Iowa ‘open for business’

On Tuesday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 4,441 people statewide tested positive for COVID-19 during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. The department has reported more than 4,000 new cases on five of the last six days. The new cases on Tuesday included 219 residents of Johnson County and 424 residents of […]
COVID-19: Iowa has its worst day for new cases yet. Gov. Reynolds says Iowans just need to be reminded to do the right thing.

Iowa recorded its highest ever one-day total of new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, when the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 4,562 Iowans had tested positive for the virus during the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. That is a 71 percent increase over the previous one-day high of 2,887 new cases set four days […]
UI hospital executive warns Iowa is entering ‘the danger zone’ as the state sets another record for COVID-19 hospitalizations

For the ninth day in row, Iowa set a new record high for hospitalized COVID-19 patients. On Tuesday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 730 hospital patients with confirmed cases of the virus, 170 of whom were being treated in intensive care units. Speaking to reporters on Monday, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics […]
Record COVID-19 hospitalizations threaten to ‘overwhelm’ Iowa health care system, hospital executives say

The surge in new cases of COVID-19 in Iowa continued over the weekend, and the state set yet another record for the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Between 10 a.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Monday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 3,897 Iowans had tested positive for COVID-19, which include 103 residents […]
Disease experts urge Reynolds to ‘turn off the faucet’ and take aggressive COVID-19 mitigation efforts

Iowa had the eighth highest rate of new cases of COVID-19 in the country last week, according to the most recent White House Coronavirus Task Force report. The report, delivered to the state on Sunday and obtained by ABC News on Wednesday, warned that 90 percent of Iowa counties are experiencing “moderate or high levels […]
An Iowa City woman’s months-long fight against COVID-19 was marked by fear and frustration

When COVID-19 first took root in the United States, Iowa City resident Nora Boerner joined many nationwide in staying home as much as possible to keep her husband and four children safe. However, these precautions weren’t enough to prevent her from contracting the disease in mid-April. “Because of when I got sick and the journey […]