Melanie Dettmer, CPhT, support services coordinator in the Department of Pharmaceutical Care, says pharmacy is the backbone that brings hospital care teams together.
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.
Take a moment and imagine you’re in a hospital bed. Now, imagine you’re in a hospital bed and you don’t speak the same language as your health care team. Enter Syra Hurtarte, a Spanish interpreter for UI Health Care.
A new study finds that remdesivir, the first new medicine approved for treatment of COVID-19, is not associated with improved survival, but is associated with longer hospital stays for patients.
In mid-May, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine (Comiranty) to include adolescents ages 12 through 15.
For 40 years, the Iowa Marrow Donor Program has led the way helping those in need get the lifesaving transplants they require. And it wouldn’t be possible without the kindness and selflessness of Iowans, especially the young adults on campuses across the state.
UI Health Care workers were among the first Iowans to get the COVID-19 vaccine. As a part of receiving the vaccine, many employees were sent a survey about their symptoms. Learn about side effects from their experience here.
