WTEN: Ford Sends PPE to Upstate Hospitals

Steven Hanks, M.D., president & CEO of Trinity Health New York, speaks to WNYT about the ongoing negotiations with health insurer, UnitedHealthcare. 

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.

Alan Sanders, M.D., chief medical officer for SPHP Acute Care, spoke to WTEN/News10 about vaccinating individuals who are immunocompromised. Dr. Sanders discussed which conditions pose the greatest health risk.