Tom Hanks' Blood Used for Coronavirus Vaccine Research

Academy award-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, tested positive for COVID-19 in March and now both coronavirus-free. The actor says although he did not have symptoms as bad as his wife, he felt “wiped out” while in isolation at a hospital in Queensland, Australia as he struggled with the Coronavirus. Now, on the other side of that illness, the 63-year-old is getting personal about the battle he and his wife Rita experienced. And now, they both plan to donate blood to aid research on a potential vaccine.

Researchers hope that using plasma from coronavirus survivors will prove to be effective, but it is still in an experimental phase. The concept would be to give sick patients antibody-rich blood plasma from people who have recovered from the COVID-19 to help … Click HERE to continue reading