Tag: COVID-19
Questionable journalism
I’ll never forget the calm but firm dressing down I once received as a cub reporter at the NBC affiliate in Lubbock after covering...
Meeting the challenge for talent amid the COVID-19 pandemic
We are still in the war with COVID-19 and variants of the illness. Most of the news is negative, with plenty of talk about...
Iowa’s average mortgage debt among lowest in nation
The COVID-19 pandemic fueled a surge in demand among homebuyers that is only now beginning to show signs of slowing. This historic demand coincided...
We need a vaccine mandate to save our health care system
Editor’s note: Joe Tye’s message is in response to the Sept. 20 CBJ editorial, “Employers vaccine mandate unwise.”
Every year since my first hospital...
UIHC: Pandemic is causing ‘alarming’ toll on hospital staff
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC) is increasingly concerned for the physical workload and mental health of its workers as the pandemic rolls...
Mercy Iowa City hospital, clinics to require COVID vaccine
Mercy Iowa City will require all colleagues, medical staff, contractors, students, volunteers and those conducting business in Mercy's facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19...
Employers’ vaccine mandate unwise
We agree with President Joe Biden that nearly all Americans should get the COVID-19 vaccine. However, until that happens, or until we develop herd...