Dr. Michael Edmond, clinical professor of internal medicine-infectious diseases at the Carver College of Medicine, says that one advantage that face shields have over face masks in protecting against the spread of COVID-19 is that they aren’t as hot as a mask, and they don't cause eye glasses to fog up.

Stephanie Gilbertson-White, associate professor and director of the PhD program in the University of Iowa College of Nursing, has been named one of 11 nurse scientists accepted to the inaugural cohort of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowships for Nurse Leaders and Innovators.

A researcher from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry was part of a research team that found vaping significantly increases the likelihood of cavities and other oral health problems caused by excess bacteria in the smoker's mouth.

Three Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty members received a National Science Foundation (NSF) RAPID grant titled "RAPID: High-Throughput and Low-Cost Testing of COVID-19 Viruses and Antibodies through Compressed Sensing and Group Testing," to develop a novel high-throughput and low-cost testing technology that has great potential of breaking the testing bottleneck of the COVID-19 pandemic...

UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital is listed among the nation’s best in five specialties in the new 2020–21 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings published online today by U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice.

University of Iowa genetics expert Val Sheffield has converted part of his lab to help fight the coronavirus pandemic by creating a simple specimen-collection method that skips the swab and removes the need for medical personnel. All people have to do is spit in a cup.

Spring rains wash away some pollen, but not all. University of Iowa researchers have found tree pollen fragments can remain airborne for hours after a storm. The tiny particles can make their way deep into the lungs, exacerbating allergies.

Three University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine faculty and staff have received gap funding for innovative translational research projects that potentially could lead to new, commercially viable medical devices or technologies.

Veteran researcher Stanley Perlman—until recently, one of only 10 full-time coronavirus virologists in the world—leads the University of Iowa’s search for answers on COVID-19.

Biological agents at the University of Iowa’s Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank are being enlisted in the quest to fight the novel coronavirus.

Val Sheffield, the Roy J. Carver Chair in Molecular Genetics at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has been elected to the 2020 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

University of Iowa Health Care leaders have named Pamela Johnson-Carlson the chief administrative officer of University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Johnson-Carlson, who begins on April 27, will report to Suresh Gunasekaran, chief executive officer of UI Hospitals & Clinics and associate vice president for UI Health Care.