COVID Vaccine Efficacy: What the Numbers Mean

COVID Vaccine Efficacy: What the Numbers Mean

Approved COVID-19 vaccines have been tested in tens of thousands of people in Phase 3 clinical trials before being issued for emergency use in the United States. The clinical trials assess the vaccines’ efficacy and safety. Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug...
Trial Offers Bridge of Hope for Lung Cancer Patients

Trial Offers Bridge of Hope for Lung Cancer Patients

Bob Murphy, 68, uses walking poles to aid his stroll over the Bay Area’s Dumbarton Bridge. When he first began a battle with stage 4 lung cancer in 2016. the 2-mile walk aided by his wife was peppered with rest stops every 50 yards. Now Murphy walks the bridge with...
Program Assists Transition from Hospital to Home

Program Assists Transition from Hospital to Home

Jane Finch*, 87, was hospitalized with a serious bacterial skin infection that caused significant loss of mobility and difficulty walking. Like many seniors, she wanted to return to her San Francisco home, but needed help with that transition. That’s where a...
No Vaccine for This Virus, but Advances Have Saved Lives

No Vaccine for This Virus, but Advances Have Saved Lives

While COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out to the public less than a year after official reports of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the United States, there is still no vaccine for another deadly virus that reared its ugly head about 40 years ago, accounting for...