A new study finds that convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients can dramatically improve likelihood of survival among blood cancer patients hospitalized with the virus. The therapy ...

It's been a few months since the world was focused on convalescent plasma – the idea that the antibody-rich plasma extracted from the blood from recovered Covid-19 patients could help treat the sick.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative virus of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19).. Effective preventive strategies were scarce, particularly at the start of ...

In August, the Food and Drug Administration broadened its emergency use authorization (EUA) for convalescent plasma, which uses the antibodies in recovered Covid-19 patients’ blood to treat those ...

Convalescent plasma, widely given to severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the pandemic, does not improve their ability to survive or recover, according to a national clinical trial ...

Some longtime advocates of the therapy say they’re pessimistic about its future. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Six months after it was controversially hailed by Trump administration officials as ...

In 2014, I spent 19 days being treated for Ebola in a New York City hospital. I had contracted the virus while treating patients in Guinea, and as no definitive treatments existed at the time, I ...

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Plasma donation is a specific form of blood donation whereby plasma, the clear liquid component of whole blood, is collected during donation through a process known as plasmapheresis. During ...

Convalescent plasma, widely given to severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the pandemic, does not improve their ability to survive or recover, according to a national clinical trial.