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Leaked Remdesivir Results Show Promise, Helping Southern Californians with Coronavirus
The anti-viral drug remdesivir outsmarts the coronavirus. Posing as the one of the building blocks the virus needs to make copies of itself, it’s incorporated into the virus’s genome — stopping it from reproducing and essentially shutting it down in its tracks, research has found. Developed by the Bay Area’s Gilead Sciences in 2014 to … Read More
Pregnant During a Pandemic? What You Need to Know
Q: [Adults] I’m pregnant and my due date is in a month. Should I be concerned about delivering in a hospital during this pandemic? Travel plans can wait. Parties can wait. But your baby’s birth is not going to wait until COVID-19 passes. While it is natural to feel anxious about delivering during a pandemic, … Read More
No, Face Masks Do Not Replace Social Distancing. Here's Why.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that people cover up their faces when they heading out in public. Some larger cities, like Los Angeles, are making this mandatory, and many across the nation are busy whipping up DIY cloth face masks if they can’t get their hands on ones elsewhere. But … Read More
We Are COVID Strong
Becker’s Hospital Review including comments from Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadzki in a video providing words of encouragement for the health care community.
Video Discussing Orange County's Response to COVID-19 features Council Member Diane Dixon, Mayor Will O'Neill and Hoag Hospital
The Newport Beach Chamber shared the video of Dr. Michael Brant Zawadzki and Dr. Martin Fee discussing COVID-19 with NB Mayor Will O’Neill and Council member Diane Dixon. View the video here.
Hoag Hospital Seeks Recovered Patients' Antibody-Filled Plasma for Coronavirus Treatment
Recovered coronavirus patients went from having an illness nobody wants to having the antibodies that could be what the sickest patients need. And local researchers are eager to bank plasma from the recovered patients to make treatments for the potentially devastating virus that causes the respiratory disease COVID-19. Hoag Hospital, which has locations in Newport … Read More
Hoag Hospital Offers So. California COVID-19 Patents Access to Global Clinical Trials
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Hoag) has commenced enrolling patients in three clinical trials that offer hope against the COVID-19 pandemic. Two of the studies are testing Gilead’s Remdesivir (RDV), a potentially promising antiviral drug, while the third trial is testing the effectiveness of immune blood plasma. Hoag maintains a state-of-the-art clinical research infrastructure which prompted … Read More
Mailbag: Thank You to Our Hoag Staff, Who Successfully Treated State's First Documented COVID-19 Case
We want to express how proud we are of all our colleagues at Hoag Hospital. Our team has been working tirelessly — and under extremely stressful and challenging circumstances — and we continue to provide the same compassionate and high-quality care for the Orange County community during the COVID-19 pandemic as we have always provided. … Read More
Telemedicine Efforts Ramp Up
Hoag has launched a remote way for patients to reach a doctor without stepping foot into the hospital. The hospital’s “telehealth” program promises to connect clients with Hoag’s primary and specialty care physicians through phone or video visits. The hospital said video visits are being conducted using the popular Zoom platform, and patients should call … Read More
Parents Worried About Social Media Today as Much as Radio Worried Parents Years Ago
Plain and simple, all parents worry. In the 1930s, they worried about the effects of listening to the radio would have on their children’s priorities. In the 1950s, it was the accessibility of “adult” content on television. It wasn’t until the 1980s, though, that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) came up with guidelines for … Read More