As the government works double-time alongside companies to test and manufacture an effective vaccine for the coronavirus, researchers examine other drugs and treatments for COVID-19, the illness ...

A team of scientists from France has recently demonstrated the efficacy of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) convalescent plasma therapy in improving the survival rate among patients with B-cell ...

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.

Early findings from a large international clinical trial suggest severely ill COVID-19 patients do not benefit from an experimental therapy involving infusions of blood plasma from those who have ...

On Sunday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an emergency use authorization, or EUA, allowing the use of convalescent plasma therapy to treat those sick with COVID-19. CNN reports that ...

Domenico Piccininni is alive. It shouldn’t be taken lightly. The 50-year-old DeKalb County resident’s health was in question several weeks ago. He had COVID-19. About two weeks ago, Piccininni walked ...

• At least two Chinese studies have found initial success with convalescent plasma therapy, a technique in which antibodies from recovered coronavirus patients are given to seriously ill patients in ...

For the last six months, the world has been fighting a novel pathogen with minimal treatment options and without a vaccine. On Sunday, President Trump announced the Food and Drug Administration is ...

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s shocking decision this week to allow the use of Covid-19 convalescent plasma to treat sick patients was by all appearances motivated by a desire to appease President ...

Thousands of people received convalescent plasma as an experimental treatment for Covid. A new study shows that it works — but only when given within a few days of the onset of illness. By Katherine J ...