A four-year-old boy who beat coronavirus while fighting cancer is now going through the hardest part of his cancer treatment. Archie Wilks has been fighting neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer, since his stage four diagnosis in January 2019. He is currently receiving stem cells doctors took out last year,
“My symptoms were very mild, but even mild symptoms are pretty uncomfortable,” Dana Deason said. Deason contracted COVID-19 in early April after visiting Seattle on a business trip. With only mild symptoms, she says it was unlike any illness she’s ever had. No hospitalization was needed and she fully recovered
Former Navy football standout Malcolm Perry is doing his part to combat coronavirus. Perry, who is now a member of the Miami Dolphins, acknowledged this week that he contracted and recovered from COVID-19. The Tennessee native, who reported to the Dolphins team facility on Monday, participated in a team initiative
Jacksonville native Roger North, 79, gave blood occasionally until his 9-year-old granddaughter Tessa-Lynn developed leukemia. Her mother would sit all day at the hospital waiting for someone to donate the platelets she needed to fight the disease. Roger said to himself, “I can do that.” At age 59 he became
Karl Irving has been donating blood for more than 40 years, but now his regular donations have never been more important. After being diagnosed with coronavirus in March, the Wanniassa resident’s donations are being used as part of a COVID-19 clinical trial to help learn more about how the virus