Vivian C. “Millie” Bailey, a World War II veteran who served in the Army as unit commander during segregation and later worked for the Social Security Administration and as a Howard County ...

In November 2022, Vivian began experimental treatments using sonodynamic therapy at Children’s National Hospital. In this clinical trial involving 12 children, doctors focused ultrasound waves ...

Vivian was the 40th person ever diagnosed worldwide, and at the time, the only person in Ohio. Even before her official diagnosis, Nationwide Children's Hospital had been caring for Vivian.