The University of Kansas Health System is treating a total of 54 COVID patients today, up from 53 yesterday. Other significant numbers:
- 32 with the active virus today, 33 yesterday
- 4 in ICU, 3 yesterday
- 2 on ventilators, 2 yesterday
- 22 hospitalized but out of acute infection phase, 20 yesterday
Key points from today’s guests:
Jen Eisenberg, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Described how Coast 2 Coast for Cancer began in 2014 as a group of the company’s employees who wanted to do something for cancer research
- 126 bike riders, split up into teams for each segment of the trip, are riding their bikes 3,000 miles from the Oregon coast to New York to raise money, which will benefit The University of Kansas Cancer Center
- The dozen riders who stopped at Arrowhead Stadium are riding to Columbia, Missouri for today’s leg of the journey
- Each rider has been training for nearly five months and each has been touched in some way by cancer
- The V Foundation, which has awarded nearly 300 million dollars for cancer research over the years, will distribute money from this ride to research facilities, including The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Dr. Roy Jensen, vice chancellor and Director, The University of Kansas Cancer Center
- Described the number of investigators and the types of critically important research funded by the V Foundation over the years
- Says research equals hope for the three out of ten cancer patients who come through our doors for whom we don’t have a cure
- Cancer research has led to lower cancer death rates with 3 million lives saved
- Thanked the bike riders for their dedication to raising funds for cancer research
Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of Infection Prevention and Control, The University of Kansas Health System
- The majority of hospitalized COVID patients are not vaccinated or not up to date with their boosters
- New variant identified as B F 7. Too soon to know if it will be different from other variants.
- Moderna is shipping more bivalent vaccines, but no need to wait if the Pfizer version is available. Mixing vaccines for booster shots is OK.
- If you’ve had your primary series of COVID shots but have not had a booster, it’s OK to go straight to the new bivalent vaccine
Monday, September 26 at 8:00 a.m. is the next Morning Medical Update. Tight pants and hot tubs are some things men some seem to enjoy. But what impact is it having on their fertility? From food, to sleep to a man's brain, we’ll do some Monday medical myth busting for the guys.
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