ECU, Vidant Begin Trial of COVID-19 Treatment

Dr. Paul Cook, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at East Carolina Univesity’s Brody School of Medicine, began enrolling patients June 1 in a clinical trial investigating a new treatment aimed at preventing and shortening the duration of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is a characteristic of COVID-19 that occurs when fluid builds up in the lungs and prevents oxygen from entering the bloodstream.