Some hospitalized COVID-19 patients are beginning to receive convalescent plasma transfusions to help combat the virus. UC Davis Medical Center used the treatment on its first two COVID-19 patients ...

A 72-year-old woman was hospitalized with severe COVID-19 disease, 33 days after the onset of symptoms. She was suffering a prolonged deteriorating illness, with severe pneumonia and a high risk of ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. In the absence of a coronavirus cure that could prevent complications and significantly ...

Since there isn't an effective cure for COVID-19 yet, medical researchers are trying several different treatments to help people, especially those who are critically ill. One of those treatments is ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. COVID-19 research is advancing at an unprecedented speed, but one strategy doctors are leaning on to treat ...

Doctors in China say they have preliminary but promising evidence that blood plasma taken from recovered coronavirus patients can be injected into those who are more seriously ill — and aid remarkably ...

Joanne Songy, wife of Rutland police officer John Songy, posted a plea on Facebook Sunday, May 3 seeking a blood donation for her husband that could help save his life as he fights to recover from ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Last week, Amanda Rodriguez made an impassioned plea over social media to find a blood plasma donor who could potentially save the life of her grandmother, hospitalized with COVID-19 ...

Thirteen patients with liver disease and an abnormal prothrombin time refractory to vitamin K therapy were studied (Tables 1 and 2). None of the patients were actively bleeding, and none had received ...

blood bags Researchers examined the safety, tolerability, and feasibility of young plasma infusion in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease dementia in an Alzheimer's symptom amelioration ...