In the second edition of аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis LIVE: COVID-19, two аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis clinicians will talk about and take questions on the new treatments for COVID-19 being tested at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis Health and other hospitals, including the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir — used to treat аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis’ first patient of the pandemic in March — and using plasma from people who have recovered from the novel coronavirus to treat patients.
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The guests are Sarah Barnhard, director of transfusion medicine and assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; and Stuart Cohen, professor of internal medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases.
The conversation, hosted by Soterios Johnson, will be streamed live on and beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday (May 21).
Questions can be submitted via either in advance or during the show.
Watch the first edition of аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis LIVE: COVID-19, below.
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Carole Gan, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis Health Public Affairs, 916-734-9047, cfgan@ucdavis.edu
Andy Fell, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis News and Media Relations, 530-752-4533, ahfell@ucdavis.edu