Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
August 23, 2020 06:42 pm

Trump plans to announce FDA authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19


Medical Center offering low cost test for antibodies and COVID-19 in White Plains

A medical worker in New York checks blood for coronavirus antibodies. | Photo by Pablo Monsalve / VIEWpress via Getty Images

President Donald Trump plans to announce that the Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors as a treatment for sick patients, according to the Washington Post. Trump publicly pressured the agency last week to speed the development of drugs and vaccines.


Preliminary research suggests that the plasma, which contains antibodies against the coronavirus, could help improve the survival rate of people hospitalized with the disease. However, the treatment has only been tested in small groups of COVID-19 patients, and not in the large, placebo-controlled clinical trials that could give clear answers.


The FDA had plans to issue an emergency authorization for plasma at the start of August,...



Continue reading…




Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/23/21347251/covid-19-plasma-treatment-antibodies-fda-authorization-trump

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

The Verge

The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011

More About this Source Visit The Verge