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Pooling patient samples for COVID-19 testing helped Stanford researchers track the early spread of the virus in the Bay Area. They found few positive cases prior to the last week of February.

Unable to meet with patients and prevented from taking part in most clinical rotations, students at the Stanford School of Medicine have found ways to support physicians and nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A $10 million gift has enabled the launch of a center focusing on optic disc drusen, a poorly understood eye disease that can lead to visual impairment or even blindness.

To slow the spread of COVID-19, Stanford Medicine clinicians and patients are taking the traditional office visit online.

Researchers have developed a method for building nanoscale structures with genetically reprogrammed cells.

Prevented from gathering as a group because of COVID-19, Stanford medical students organized online events from their homes to mark Match Day, when they learned where they will continue their training.

The Stanford Blood Center urges those who are healthy, and who haven’t traveled to high-risk countries or been in contact with someone who has COVID-19, to donate blood.

Stanford’s test for COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, is rapidly expanding capacity to serve patients in the Bay Area and beyond. Researchers hope to soon be able to process more than 1,000 tests per day.

Leaders of the Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health answered questions about COVID-19 and discussed how Stanford Medicine is addressing the outbreak.

Drive-through appointments for Stanford Medicine’s COVID-19 test are available for patients who have been referred by their medical providers.