Loma Linda University Health is currently treating eligible COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. Patients are treated through a transfusion of serum containing virus-neutralizing antibodies, which were removed from a recovered individual’s donated blood. A study published in April showed encouraging results from 10 severe adult cases who received the convalescent plasma, maintained or increased the […]
News reports from Kettering Health Network; Simi Valley Church in Southern California; Fresno, California; NAD Children and Family Ministries, Harvard University and Pacific Union Adventist Community Services: Dayton Daily News reported that Kettering Health Network employees were given 200 snow globes in honor of the May 10-16 National Hospital Week. The globes had notes thanking […]
Daniel R. Jackson, president of the North American Division is retiring July 1, 2020. The postponement of the 2020 General Conference Session complicated the process for the election of the new NAD president in July 2020. The NAD nominating committee will meet on July 6 to select a name to be presented and voted on […]
19 May 2020 | In a message posted yesterday on his Facebook page, Oregon Conference President Dan Linrud said Adventist churches would remain closed in the conference despite a stay-at-home order being struck down by a circuit judge in the state. Linrud framed the decision to close Adventist churches as a safety issue, not a […]
18 May 2020 | In an update on the coronavirus death toll that has passed 90,000 in the United States, CNN Health reported on major testing challenges experienced by AdventHealth, the Adventist hospital network headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida. AdventHealth told CNN that about 35,000 coronavirus tests, 33,000 of them conducted in Florida, were seen […]
17 May 2020 | Entertainment Tonight reported that rock ‘n’ roll legend Little Richard will be buried at Oakwood University, an Adventist institution he attended in Huntsville, Alabama. Little Richard passed away on May 9 from bone cancer. He was 87. The artist, whose real name was Richard Penniman, studied at Oakwood in the 1950s. […]
Adventist universities are announcing coronavirus-related news regarding distance learning, online graduations and Fall 2020 plans. Below are the most recent updates provided online by several institutions along with links to additional school-specific updates: Andrews University We plan on opening Andrews University this fall and starting the fall semester of classes on August 24, 2020. We […]
News Briefs from Lincoln, Nebraska; Norway; Kinship Kampmeeting; Bucyrus, Ohio; Orangewood Academy; Andrews University and the Lake Union: The Mid-America Union’s Outlook news site reported that Lincoln, Nebraska-based College View Church’s missionary group narrowly escaped being indefinitely stranded in Honduras recently. Coronavirus travel restrictions complicated the return of the group consisting of 19 high school […]
13 May 2020 | Two Jamaican Adventists have warned the public about what they fear is a new world order that will soon be imposed on Jamaica. According to the Jamaica Star, Jermaine Allen and Jacqueline Murray, of the Linstead Seventh-day Adventist Church and North Street Seventh-day Adventist Church, respectively, claimed to have received visions […]
Divisions are taking concrete steps to make sure church organizations and institutions will work to prevent sexual abuse. Leaders pledged to keep working to craft detailed protocols to prevent or respond to any complaint of sexual abuse in the church. Some wives of Adventist ministers are victims of sexual and physical abuse. General Conference President […]
11 May 2020 | Two buildings on the Adventist Health St. Helena campus were evacuated earlier today after an anonymous call falsely reported a bomb at the hospital facility in Northern California. The false alarm shut down the hospital for over an hour. No explosives were found. At 8:58 AM, a male voice, calling from […]
10 May 2020 | Adventist Health, the Adventist hospital network headquartered in Roseville, California, saw its revenues drop 25 to 30 percent in March, according to system president and CEO, Scott Reiner. The Sacramento Bee reported that Adventist Health is joining other networks represented by the California Hospital Association (CHA) in asking for $1 billion […]
