Articles Tagged: COVID-19

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday rejected new federal government recommendations about wearing masks to help slow the rapid spread of a coronavirus variant in the United States.

However, the 18.2 percent annual growth rate in state income tax revenue is “unusually high” when compared to individual income net tax growth that averaged 4.2 percent over the past two years.

Currently, there are lawsuits involving at least 49 Tyson employees who either died or were injured by COVID-19, allegedly after contracting the virus on the job.

The downward fertility trend likely was exacerbated by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic that stunted dating opportunities and saw couples delay wedding plans as well as face economic stress and future uncertainty in a volatile job market.

In an interview with IowaWatch, Dr. Caitlin Pedati called for Iowans to get vaccinated if they have not, and to continue to use social distancing, face masks and other mitigation measures against the novel coronavirus that was first documented in Iowa in March 2020.

Local blood centers still are seeing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on donations. Because summer typically is a challenging period for blood collection, centers say high demand could result in another critical shortage.

The Iowa Department of Corrections fired Amanda Dodson, a registered nurse at the maximum-security Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, after an investigation found 77 inmates received shots containing up to six times the recommended dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

As it promised, University of Iowa Health Care is rewarding via one-time payout the more than 12,000 employees who it required over the last year to either forfeit raises, absorb pay cuts, shed earned vacation time, or take unpaid leave to ease UIHC budget woes in the throes of COVID-19.

Almost 1.5 million Iowans are fully vaccinated against the virus.

A new study out of the University of Iowa has found that use of remdesivir, used to treat COVID-19, had no impact on patient’s survival rates. However, the lead researcher says data shows patients who received remdesivir were more likely to stay in the hospital for a longer period of time than those who did not receive the antiviral drug.

With the full 2021 budget year now wrapped, University of Iowa Athletics has confirmed no contracted football coaches – including head coach Kirk Ferentz – participated in voluntary salary reductions announced a year ago in light of COVID-19 losses the department projected to be devastating and justifying of its decision to eliminate several Hawkeye sports and take a $50 million loan from the main campus.

170 students are enrolled in College Community School District’s 12 day Flight School Summer School program.

Doctors in Iowa and across the United States are reporting a surge in respiratory virus infections in the spring and summer months — an uncommon time of year for these common viruses to be circulating.

In the first weekly update from the state, test positive rates rose

In partnership with the University of Georgia, a UI team recently published promising findings showing a single-dose inhaled COVID-19 vaccine fully protected mice against lethal infection and also blocked animal-to-animal transmission.