As COVID-19 numbers continue to climb due to the more contagious delta variant, our pathology lab is as busy as ever processing tests. But as we enter flu season, what other viruses are we seeing circulate through our community? And how can we stay healthy during this time?
When Jennifer Ferden, MS, LAT, sees patients in the UI Health Care Sports Medicine Clinic, it’s often because they seek a second, third, or even fourth opinion to help quell their pain.
Maggie McQuillen suffered massive head trauma in an automobile accident, requiring lengthy surgery and facial reconstruction at UI Hospitals & Clinics. Even in the tensest moments, her family took comfort in feeling like members of Maggie’s care team.
In August 2020, over 250 bold Iowans traveled from across the state to University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Hailing from small towns in northwest Iowa, to cities as large as Des Moines, Dubuque, and Ottumwa, these Iowans were driven by an important purpose: they were participating in the Pfizer-BioNTech clinical trial that would lead to the first emergency authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Breakthrough infections, or when fully vaccinated people test positive for COVID-19, sound startling, even discouraging. But they don’t come as a shock to medical experts, since no vaccine is 100% effective against preventing infection.
After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended loosening safety measures in May, their new recommendation to return to masking in public indoor settings may feel like a confusing change of direction. The guidance has changed because the situation has changed.
