Convalescent plasma therapy has shown no significant improvement in the treatment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19, according to a new study conducted in India. The study, funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and published in the British Medical Journal enrolled 464 adult patients, with an average age of 52. The individuals were …
The decision by the United States government to approve the use of convalescent plasma therapy for treating cases of COVID-19 has made international headlines and fuels hope that the treatment may be a cause for optimism in the fight against the pandemic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced earlier this week that emergency …
There is no shortage of disconcerting facts surrounding COVID-19, or more commonly known as the coronavirus. There is its lethality among the old, its overwhelming infection rate and its international reach. Disconcerting also, in the context of these grim facts, is the reality that there are no treatments geared specifically for the virus as of …
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