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Exhausted hospital workers face ongoing COVID-19 hospitalizations

On the eighth floor of Iowa Methodist Hospital in downtown Des Moines, 56-year-old Russell Braley watched daytime TV in one of the recovery units, breathing through a tube

By Natalie Krebs / Side Effects Public Media and Iowa Public Radio

/ 20 Oct 2021

Exhausted hospital workers face ongoing COVID-19 hospitalizations

As Iowa opens up, COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to slow

It’s a hot evening at the Broadway Neighborhood Center in Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa. Student volunteers have set up a mobile COVID vaccination clinic among

By Natalie Krebs / Side Effects Public Media and Iowa Public Radio

/ 9 Jul 2021

As Iowa opens up, COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to slow

As demand for COVID-19 vaccinations drops, one Iowa community nears herd immunity

Genesis Ramirez grips a digital timer, her legs swinging in a chair in the waiting room of the Meskwaki Tribal Health Center in Tama County, Iowa. The 17-year-old

By Natalie Krebs / Side Effects Public Media and Iowa Public Radio

/ 8 May 2021

As demand for COVID-19 vaccinations drops, one Iowa community nears herd immunity

Non-English speakers get support understanding details of COVID vaccine

The Midwest is home to tens of thousands of immigrants — including refugees from countries like Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq. It has been a challenge to

By Natalie Krebs / Side Effects Public Media and Iowa Public Radio

/ 5 Apr 2021

Non-English speakers get support understanding details of COVID vaccine

Looking back, virus strained Iowa hospitals of all sizes

Joel Wells says the worst moments at rural Wayne County Hospital came last fall, when COVID-19 hospitalizations were spiking statewide. Wells works as a family physician in the third

By Natalie Krebs / Side Effects Public Media and Iowa Public Radio

/ 25 Mar 2021

Natalie Krebs / Side Effects Public Media and Iowa Public Radio

Exhausted hospital workers face ongoing COVID-19 hospitalizations

As Iowa opens up, COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to slow

As demand for COVID-19 vaccinations drops, one Iowa community nears herd immunity

Non-English speakers get support understanding details of COVID vaccine

Looking back, virus strained Iowa hospitals of all sizes

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