Previously, I wrote to tell you about the University of Iowa’s response to Executive Order 13950, which required a review of employee training programs. I’m pleased to inform you that UI Health Care’s review is now complete, and all our own DEI-related trainings and programming remain unchanged and have fully resumed.

Since the University of Iowa’s response to Executive Order 13950 was published last Friday, we have been in many discussions with our students, faculty, and staff. We’d like to clarify a few things about the impact this order is having on University of Iowa Health Care’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

Antibiotics may be a good choice for some, but not all, patients with appendicitis, according to results from the Comparing Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) Trial reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A new study of approximately 80,000 patients shows that people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have a 30% higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than people without the neurodegenerative condition.

More than 150 University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine students showed up at the Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track Sept. 20, for the third annual Carver Black and Gold Mile Run.

Growing up in the South helped shape the person Andrea Marshall, PhD, is today. Marshall encourages young Black students to consider scientific careers.

Radiation Sciences students Madison Graeve, Miranda Olson, and Conner Wharff receive Scot Heery Scholarships.

University of Iowa is participating in a large-scale, international clinical trial to study the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity, and efficacy of vaccines against COVID-19.

Antentor Hinton, PhD, was recently recognized by the blacklist100, created to amplify emerging voices within the Black community that represent bold, innovative, and culture-making thought-leadership.