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KCTV: Saint Luke’s Launches Global Clinical Trial to Investigate Potential COVID-19 Treatment
Apr. 25, 2020

KCTV: Saint Luke’s Launches Global Clinical Trial to Investigate Potential COVID-19 Treatment

As the entire world comes together to attempt to find a vaccine and treatments for this global pandemic, it is exciting that an international trial of this nature was created and is being led by doctors and researchers here in Kansas City.
Blue sphere COVID-19 viruses
Apr. 25, 2020

Kansas City Business Journal: Saint Luke's cardiologist leads trial to see if diabetes drug can prevent serious COVID-19 complications

Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and drug company AstraZeneca PLC are conducting a clinical trial to see if a drug now used to treat diabetes could help prevent deadly complications in COVID-19 patients.
KSHB: Saint Luke’s Launches Global Clinical Trial to Investigate Potential COVID-19 Treatment
Apr. 24, 2020

KSHB: Saint Luke’s Launches Global Clinical Trial to Investigate Potential COVID-19 Treatment

As the entire world comes together to attempt to find a vaccine and treatments for this global pandemic, it is exciting that an international trial of this nature was created and is being led by doctors and researchers here in Kansas City.
FOX4: Saint Luke’s Launches Global Clinical Trial to Investigate Potential COVID-19 Treatment
Apr. 24, 2020

FOX4: Saint Luke’s Launches Global Clinical Trial to Investigate Potential COVID-19 Treatment

As the entire world comes together to attempt to find a vaccine and treatments for this global pandemic, it is exciting that an international trial of this nature was created and is being led by doctors and researchers here in Kansas City.
stock image of hospitalized patient and doctor from Endocrine Today
Apr. 24, 2020

Endocrine Today: Clinical trial investigates dapagliflozin for COVID-19 treatment

Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod, principal investigator for DARE-19, talked to Healio: Endocrine Today about the new trial initiated by Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and AstraZeneca.
Apr. 24, 2020

The Independent: The Children's SPOT at Saint Luke's Hospital - School Night Out for SPOT

Saint Luke's Foundation hosted School Night Out for SPOT to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Children's SPOT at Saint Luke's Hospital. See photos from the event featured in The Independent.
41 Action News. #WESEEYOUKSHB St. Luke's doctors give pizza to ICU team
Apr. 24, 2020

KSHB: Saint Luke’s Hospital cardiovascular unit pays it forward to medical surgical team in the ICU

KSHB highlighted the act of kindness by the Saint Luke's Hospital cardiovascular unit paying it forward to the medical surgical team with Minsky's Pizza.
KCTV 5 News. Jennifer and Mark Pazirandeh holding their newborn, Mila Rose.
Apr. 23, 2020

KCTV: Local hospitals move to universal COVID-19 testing of soon-to-be mothers

Saint Luke's Health System is now testing all women admitted for labor & delivery for COVID-19. KCTV talked to Dr. Kristen Wootton and new parents Jennifer and Mark Pazirandeh about the new measures.
Coronavirus. St. Luke's opens walk-up testing site. 41 Action News.
Apr. 23, 2020

KSHB: Saint Luke's opens walk-thru COVID-19 testing site

Saint Luke's Health System is making sure everyone has access to testing. KSHB talked to Dr. Marc Larsen about the walk-thru testing site at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City.