Jan 12, 2021 / 05:16 PM EST
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WISH) Sixteen nurses from Riley Children’s Health are being deployed to IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette to help with the COVID-19 pandemic relief.
According to Kayla Meeks, a nurse at the Riley Hospital for Children, nurses at Arnett Hospital are handling a lot more patients than usual, so the help is much needed.
“They’ve just been willing to change and that’s not what they’re used to,” said Meeks.
“They’re obviously not used to taking that many patients, but we have helped, so it’s just a different kind of mindset of nursing and they’ve just been incredible,” said Meeks, “They’ve just been grateful for us to be there.”
by: Dr. Mary Gillis, D.Ed.
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Jan 11, 2021 / 04:17 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) COVID-19 survivors have immunity against the virus post-recovery. But how long does it last?
Previous studies showed it ranged from weeks to a few months. But according to a new study by scientists at La Jolla University, it could be for as much as eight months or even years.
News 8 spoke with one of the study authors, Daniela Weiskopf, an assistant professor at the LaJolla Institute for Immunology, to explain why such long-lived immunity could be possible after a coronavirus infection.
Indiana State Department of Health on Monday reported 30 more COVID deaths, for a total of 8,643 in the state. A total of 567,338 Hoosiers have tested positive for COVID-19 through Monday, the state says.