Coronavirus

An antiviral pill that people could take at home to reduce their symptoms and speed recovery could prove groundbreaking, easing the crushing caseload on U.S. hospitals and helping to curb outbreaks in poorer countries with weak health care systems.

“We’ve seen tragedy, we’ve seen crises, we’ve seen obstacles that others maybe haven’t. And again, it’s a testimonial to our grit,” said banker and City Council member Dan Bruns. “I don’t want to say the pandemic was easy. Because it wasn’t. But it was definitely easier than a tornado.”

Lawyers for Gov. Kim Reynolds filed notice of an appeal with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which could reverse the order or keep it in place.

The upper-level University of Northern Iowa students who last week experienced the “unnecessary stress and anxiety” of losing their specialized Plant Systematics professor as part of his discipline for mandating masks want their money back.

Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 — and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks.

Heeding mounting pressure from not just directly-affected students but the larger student body, University of Northern Iowa late Wednesday revised its discipline of an embattled professor who required masks — allowing him to continue teaching the class he was removed from last week.

It’s the highest total since Feb. 15, new state data shows.

The about 12,000 Iowa State University graduates who completed their degree during the ongoing pandemic — between May 2020 and August 2021 — have been invited to return for a “special commencement celebration,” given many lost the traditional stage-walk experience.

The dozen University of Northern Iowa students left without an instructor after administrators stripped him of his in-person teaching duties for making them wear masks have continued meeting at their scheduled class time, and on Tuesday finalized a joint statement in support of their lost professor.

Booster shots as well as additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are available to eligible Iowans to help boost their immunity against the coronavirus. But how do you know if you qualify? Here’s what you need to know.

The University of Northern Iowa faculty union is filing a prohibited practice complaint against the Board of Regents and UNI for reprimanding their tenured peer for rebuffing regent guidance by requiring masks in class and threatening lower grades if students didn’t comply.

More college and university students nationally and locally are in need of mental health resources in the wake of pandemic-related changes and challenges, according to recent surveys and campus experts.

While many colleges and universities this fall welcomed back fewer students — given the upheaval from COVID-19 and its impact on higher education — Mount Vernon’s Cornell College saw total enrollment jump more than 50 students to 1,055 and its first-year class swell 30 percent to 404.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a potential leap forward in the global fight against the pandemic, drugmaker Merck said Friday that …

Upper-level University of Northern Iowa students who this week lost their specialized “plant systematics” professor feel they’re the ones being punished by the administration’s decision to discipline him -- for imposing a mask mandate -- by stripping him of in-person teaching duties.