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Lung disease can manifest in a number of ways. Mr. Suphachai Praserdumrongchai/iStock via Getty Images Plus

September 22, 2022

COVID‑19 can cause lasting lung damage – 3 ways long COVID patients’ respiration can suffer

Jeffrey M. Sturek, University of Virginia and Alexandra Kadl, University of Virginia

Understanding how injury and disease, including COVID-19, can impair lung function can help researchers and clinicians better help patients who are experiencing chronic conditions

Both President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

October 5, 2020

Trump is taking the latest in COVID‑19 treatments – here’s what doctors know works against the virus

William Petri, University of Virginia and Jeffrey M. Sturek, University of Virginia

The president and first lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for the coronavirus. Here’s what the physicians and scientists know about the best treatments for the disease it causes.

A nurse holds plasma donated by a man who recovered from COVID-19. Guillermo Legaria /Getty Images South America

August 24, 2020

I’m a lung doctor testing the blood plasma from COVID‑19 survivors as a treatment for the sick – a century‑old idea that could be a fast track to treatment

Jeffrey M. Sturek, University of Virginia

In the blood of COVID-19 survivors are antibodies that can defeat SARS-CoV-2. Researchers are testing whether these antibodies can be collected and injected into others to save them from the virus.

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