Philip Polgreen, an epidemiologist at the University of Iowa, says that while new social media and crowdsourcing tools make it easier to track one of the worst flu seasons in a long time, such tools also have their limits and are timely supplements to traditional surveillance.

University of Iowa researcher Tara Smith writes about which animals are most likely to harbor diseases that can move to humans and the challenges of studying zoonotic pathogens.

This year saw one of Iowa’s most philanthropic families, the Gerdins, make a $12 million commitment to the building campaign for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, making the Gerdin Family the Iowa City Press-Citizen's Person of the Year for 2012.

Trends in alcohol-related issues will top the agenda for the bi-monthly meeting of the Partnership for Alcohol Safety Wednesday, Jan. 9, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 203 of the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building, 855 South Dubuque St., Iowa City.

University of Iowa psychiatrist and gambling researcher Donald W. Black says his latest published study on compulsive gambling has found that the percentage of gamblers who report gambling problems has dropped despite the expansion of casinos in the state.

The University of Iowa's Dance Marathon seems to get a bit bigger every year, so it's no surprise it was named to a list of the 10 biggest college fundraisers by the college rating site thebestcolleges.org.

A University of Iowa Public Health Ambassador makes it her mission to ensure that moms-to-be are well-informed about their babies’ health.

More children are surviving in-hospital cardiac arrest than they did one decade ago, according to a University of Iowa-led study of data from hospitals using resuscitation guidelines from the American Heart Association.

Children who had in-hospital cardiac arrest in 2009, were three times more likely to survive than children who had cardiac arrests in 2000. In addition, among surviving children, the risk of severe brain damage appears to have remained unchanged during this period.

Despite a troubled first trimester, Alicia Ames entered her second trimester finally feeling good about her pregnancy. Then her water broke at just 20 weeks and she and her baby relied on UI Hospitals and Clinics and UI Children’s Hospital to see them through.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa recently approved an expansion to UI Hospitals and Clinic’s Labor and Delivery Unit, one that nurse manager Amy Sanborn said will improve efficiency. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

For many students, spring break means sun bathing and spending time with friends. For 15 students at the UI, this spring break will mean rolling up their sleeves and making a difference through a public health trip where they will work with people with HIV and AIDS.