Category: COVID-19
Employee volunteers aid St. Jude contact tracing team in fight against COVID-19
| Sep 2, 2021The St. Jude Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Team has been working to keep the St. Jude campus safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Connections with colleagues: A St. Jude pediatric psychologist has renewed appreciation for an overlooked benefit of interdisciplinary collaboration.
| Jul 5, 2021A pediatric psychologist expresses gratitude for interdisciplinary collaboration, which elevates patient care and provider well-being.
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Compassionate connections: Providing end-of-life care to patients and families during COVID-19
| Jul 1, 2021A St. Jude psychologist who provided supportive end-of-life care during the pandemic shares recommendations for making compassionate connections with patients and families.
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Voices from the front line: Maintaining connections to help the helpers
| Jun 29, 2021Niki Jurbergs, PhD, the director of the St. Jude Psychology Clinic, and other psychosocial staff used their skills to conduct an array of COVID-19 employee-support programs, thereby boosting the well-being of helpers and helping to ensure that patients and families continue to receive excellent care.
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Melanoma clinic goes virtual for pandemic
| May 3, 2021Creating the St. Jude Melanoma Clinic not only provides enhanced multidisciplinary evaluation and care, but also opportunities for families to share their experience, attend educational sessions and enroll on a registry and tissue bank for research.
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Advocating globally for a COVID-19 vaccine
| Apr 30, 2021It’s essential to provide an accurate, science-based website for vaccine information. The St. Jude Global COVID-19 Working Group plans to provide accurate COVID-19 information, including answering questions and providing vaccine news as it emerges.
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Five things to know about COVID vaccines
| Apr 5, 2021No matter what kind of COVID vaccine someone receives, your immune system is primed to fight the virus. Here are 5 things you need to know.
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Cancer care during a pandemic: What we learned prepares us for the next emergency
| Apr 2, 2021The pandemic exposed shortcomings in health care. But this study revealed more than expected in this type of children’s treatment.
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In the hospital of the future, hospitalists will have ‘day jobs’
| Mar 18, 2021Liza-Marie Johnson, MD, and her Hospitalist Program team provide patients with around-the-clock care when their primary oncologists are not available. At St. Jude, this relatively new field has transformed from a staffing solution into a rewarding faculty-track program.
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What a virologist says about controlling a pandemic
| Feb 19, 2021New Zealand's methods for controlling a pandemic not only also virtually stopped the flu, it gave insights to controlling future pandemics.
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