Loma Linda University Health is currently treating eligible COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. Patients are treated through a transfusion of serum containing virus-neutralizing antibodies, which were removed from a recovered individual’s donated blood. A study published in April that showed encouraging results from 10 severe adult cases who received the convalescent plasma, maintained or increased […] Source: https://atoday.org/loma-linda-university-health-using-convalescent-plasma-to-treat-covid-19-patients/

News reports from Kettering Health Network; Simi Valley Church in Southern California; Fresno, California; NAD Children and Family Ministries, Harvard University and Pacific Union Adventist Community Services: Dayton Daily News reported that Kettering Health Network employees were given 200 snow globes in honor of the May 10-16 National Hospital Week. The globes had notes thanking […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-may-21-2020/

Daniel R. Jackson, president of the North American Division is retiring July 1, 2020. The postponement of the 2020 General Conference Session complicated the process for the election of the new NAD president in July 2020. The NAD nominating committee will meet on July 6 to select a name to be presented and voted on […] Source: https://atoday.org/nad-president-to-retire-july-1-replacement-process-defined/

19 May 2020 | In a message posted yesterday on his Facebook Page, Oregon Conference President, Dan Linrud, said Adventist churches would remain closed in the conference despite a stay-at-home order being struck down by a circuit judge in the state. Linrud framed the decision to close Adventist churches as a safety issue, not a […] Source: https://atoday.org/oregon-conference-president-adventist-churches-stay-shut-despite-judge-ruling/