COVID-19

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City of Hope Doctors Leverage Expertise to Treat COVID-19 Complication
City of Hope’s Joseph Alvarnas, M.D., compares how the immune system normally works – and a hyper activation of it known as cytokine release syndrome (CRS) – to the difference...
COVID-19 and Cancer: New Protocols and Research Efforts
As many oncology patients have a compromised immune system, either as a result of the disease or its treatment, they are at an increased risk of infection, including with SARS-CoV-2...
City of Hope researchers developing COVID-19 vaccine
Don Diamond, Ph.D. As an institution dedicated to fighting cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases, City of Hope is addressing the novel coronavirus threat on a number of fronts, including...
COVID-19 concerns delay patient's diagnosis, treatment
The fear of contracting COVID-19 over the last year has caused many people to delay doctor visits. But when your body shows a marked change, overcoming those fears just might...
New therapeutic research strategies to combat COVID-19
As the total number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in the U.S., our renowned physician-scientists are taking numerous research approaches to swiftly work toward scientific answers needed to combat...
COVID-19 and our immune system: Is there anything we can do?
With no vaccine or effective antiviral treatment available, it’s only natural that some people may search for alternative ways to protect themselves from COVID-19 — tempted by a barrage of online...
Scientist working on novel, DNA-based approach to COVID-19 vaccine
Larry W. Kwak, M.D., Ph.D. As tens of thousands of new COVID-19 cases crop up each day worldwide and measures to slow its spread disrupt everyday life, the hopes of...
COVID-19: A guide to vaccines, antibodies and antivirals
Kelly P., an actor/producer living in the Hollywood hills, wanted a COVID-19 antibody test.   In early March, Kelly and about a dozen friends all became ill at the same...
Need urgent for blood, platelet donations
The City of Hope Blood Donor Center continues to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on its blood and platelet supply, as well as those of other suppliers. There have been fewer...
Researchers explore link between ‘Alzheimer’s gene’ and COVID-19
Scientists are still discovering new things about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, including whether genetics might play a role in how it affects people. One study found that people who...