When the first COVID-19 vaccines were approved near the end of 2020, employees from across Stanford Medicine stepped up, devoting weekends and working overtime to organize and staff vaccination sites.

As she watched the pandemic unfold, Stanford Medicine immunology researcher Zina Good, PhD, said she followed the coronavirus infection trends among children with growing alarm. She watched as more kids became sick with COVID-19, with at least two children dying every month in the United States.

The text that brought the large Victorio family to its knees arrived late on a December evening, sent by the family's 83-year-old patriarch Ruben Victorio, who was hospitalized with COVID-19.

Last spring, as hundreds of patients began driving onto the Stanford campus for coronavirus testing, workers in the supply department realized they might soon run out of nasal swabs.

Thanh Khong, PA-C, who oversees many of Stanford Health Care's drive-through testing and vaccination sites, spends most of his time managing the testers and inoculators and figuring out site logistics. But when the line of cars grows long, the physician assistant steps in to help with the swabbing and shot-giving.

Stanford Medicine's Marc and Laura Andreessen Adult Emergency Department, the front door to the hospital for many patients, has been responding to the coronavirus pandemic for nearly a year. The roughly 500 workers in the ED -- physicians, nurses, security officers, X-ray technicians, pharmacists and many others -- have faced a challenging 10 months. They've had to develop strategies for treating people with COVID-19 and prevent the virus's spread among staff and patients -- all while caring for everyone who comes through its doors, and each other.

The patients Kelly Sanderson cares for all have COVID-19, but their experiences with the disease vary dramatically.