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'It Can Happen To Anyone': Man Recovering From COVID-19 At OC Hospital Hopes To Be Home For Christmas
A 46-year-old father said COVID-19 nearly killed him, but he’s now on the road to recovery and said he hopes to be home by Christmas. “I’ve been having breathing issues since the minute I came in here,” Jeffrey Sherman said Wednesday from his room at Hoag Hospital where he’s been isolated since Dec. 15. “And … Read More
Travel During the Surge
NBC4 interviewed Marcy Brown on the Hoag Fly Well Clinic at John Wayne Airport (JWA) and the rapid COVID-19 testing that will be available soon. To view the full video, please click here.
OC Healthcare Workers Receive COVID Vaccine
Healthcare workers at Providence’s St. Joseph Hospital in Orange were the first in the county to receive Pfizer’s vaccine last Wednesday. Nurses and physicians rolled up their sleeves and held out their arms to receive their first injection. In 21 days, they will receive a second injection, which will boost the effectiveness of the vaccine … Read More
More Vaccines on the Way, in Meantime Orange County Likely Under Stay-Home Orders for Another Month
One vaccine against COVID-19 has already been rolled out and others are on the way in the coming weeks and months, but the virus’s unchecked spread and nearly full hospitals mean restrictions and closures aren’t likely to go away soon. Southern California is under a three-week stay home order, and “we’re in week two, but … Read More
New Healthcare Offices
Hoag Medical Group San Clemente recently opened in the Talega Health Center, offering same-day appointments and visits, as well as access to the Hoag network of services, specialists and facilities. The San Clemente care team includes Dr. Kayla Ramsey, who can treat children, 5 years and older, and adults. As a doctor of osteopathic medicine, … Read More
What to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccines
I’m a little nervous about the new vaccines. Are they safe? All ages Many of my patients ask me if I think there are any risks to taking a COVID-19 vaccine that has been developed so quickly? And my response to them is that I will be the first in line to take a vaccine … Read More
'We Can Finally See an End to the Storm': O.C. Healthcare Workers Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
For Dr. Robert Goldberg, the arrival of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is the ray of sunshine in a dark storm. Goldberg, a pulmonologist and critical care physician at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, said that he and other healthcare workers have been waiting for so long. There’d been highs and lows during the course of … Read More
Doctor Receives the First COVID-19 Vaccine Shot at Hoag Hospital
Frontline medical workers get the first vaccinations at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach. To view the video clip, please click here.
First COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Given in Orange County
With the sleeves of their hospital scrubs rolled up, more than a dozen medical workers helped usher in what Orange County Health Officer Dr. Clayton Chau called “the beginning of the end of COVID-19” by volunteering to be vaccinated on Wednesday, Dec. 16. Several area hospitals received the county’s first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 … Read More
Hoag Hospital Expands Maternity Services with the Opening of the Fudge Family Birthing Suites
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has opened the Fudge Family Birthing Suites at Hoag Hospital Irvine, reimagining pregnancy, delivery and recovery for modern families – with private birthing suites, a perinatal VR guided program and a calming outdoor walking garden. Already a leader in women’s health, with some of the most prestigious nursing credentials in the … Read More