{"id":161479,"date":"2020-04-27T08:55:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T07:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=161479"},"modified":"2020-04-27T08:55:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T07:55:17","slug":"tom-hanks-donates-blood-to-help-develop-coronavirus-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=161479","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks\u2019 donates blood to help develop coronavirus vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>Tom Hanks is a gift to the world, and there\u2019s no denying it. After testing positive with coronavirus last month and recovering, both Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have signed up to donate blood in a bid to help during the vaccine research.<\/p>\n<p>Both Wilson and Hanks, who were quarantined in Australia before returning to L.A a few weeks ago, have continued to self-isolate. During an interview on NPR\u2019s podcast, <i>Wait Wait..Don\u2019t Tell Me!, <\/i>Hanks shared that the couple will be donating their blood and plasma for coronavirus research.<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cA lot of the questions [are] what do we do now? Is there something we can do? And, in fact, we just found out that we do carry the antibodies,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have not only been approached, we have said, \u2018Do you want our blood? Can we give plasma?&#8217;\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>He continued to joke, saying that if the vaccine is in fact developed from his blood donation, he would like it to be called, \u2018Hank-ccine.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The actor appeared for an interview last week telling the world how his symptoms varied from his wife\u2019s during quarantine, but assured fans that both him and Wilson are now feeling much better after successfully battling the virus.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/10057\/tom-hanks-donates-blood-to-help-develop-coronavirus-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Tom Hanks is a gift to the world, and there\u2019s no denying it. After testing positive with coronavirus last month and recovering, both Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have signed up to donate blood in a bid to help during the vaccine research. 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