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Spectrum: Sending Smiles to Children of Health Care Workers

April 13, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

Mercy Cares for Kids held a social distancing serenade for its students, many of whom they have not seen since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Spectrum News interviewed the daycare’s director, Theresa Joslin, for its story.

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Colleagues Spread Easter Cheer at Samaritan Hospital

April 13, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

Colleagues in the Food and Nutrition department at Samaritan Hospital made 24 Easter baskets for their colleagues in nursing units and support services.

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WTEN: Drive-by Reunion – Daycare Teachers Host Social Distance Serenade for Students

April 13, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

WTEN/News10 aired a story on a social distance serenade held for students of Mercy Cares for Kids. Teachers lined the parking lot to safely say hello to children who have not been attending because their parents have been working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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WTEN: St. Peter’s Health Partners Using New Therapies to Treat Coronavirus Patients

April 13, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

WTEN/News10 aired a story on multiple therapies being used to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients at St. Peter’s and Samaritan hospitals.

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WNYT: Plasma, Antiviral Drug Treatments Introduced at St. Peter’s Hospital

April 13, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

Jorge Cerda, M.D., chief of the Department of Medicine at St. Peter’s Hospital, was interviewed by WNYT about new treatments being offered to COVID-19 patients at St. Peter’s and Samaritan hospitals. This includes experimental convalescent plasma, and as well other antiviral and anti-inflammatory drug treatments.

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Franklin Hospitality Group and LoPorto’s Restaurant and Catering Donate Easter and Passover Meals to Samaritan and St. Peter’s Hospitals

April 12, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

LoPorto’s Restaurant and Catering and The Franklin Hospitality Group donated meals to more than 700 employees of St. Peter’s Health Partners in celebration of Passover and Easter weekend.

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Spectrum News: Hilton Garden Inn Transforms for Medical Staff

April 10, 2020 Robert Webster Jr.

Shannon Galuski, executive director of the St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation, appeared in a Spectrum News report on “Heroes Landing”: A respite for health care workers.

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Times Union: St. Peter’s Seeking Plasma Donations from Recovered COVID-19 Patients

April 10, 2020 Robert Webster Jr.

The Times Union did a story about how SPHP is among the first hospital systems nationwide to receive federal approval for an experimental COVID-19 treatment.

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St. Peter’s Health Partners Battling COVID-19 with Groundbreaking Therapies, Interdisciplinary Care

April 10, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

Multiple groundbreaking therapies to treat the sickest COVID-positive patients in the Capital Region are being employed at St. Peter’s Health Partners’ (SPHP) acute care hospitals in Albany and Troy. They include the antiviral drug remdesivir; IL-6 inhibitor drugs; macrophage inhibitors; and convalescent blood plasma therapy.

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LiveSmart: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Lung Health

April 10, 2020 Robert Webster Jr.

As a pulmonologist working in critical care, I am often asked: “What makes COVID-19 so worrisome for some, but not for others?”

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