FDA Expedites Treatment Of Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients With Experimental Plasma
Scientists are rolling out an old-fashioned approach they hope will help treat COVID-19. The treatment involves giving patients plasma from people who have recovered from the virus.
by Joe Palca
Mar 24, 2020
2 minutes
In an unusual move, the Food and Drug Administration today announced that is making it easier for doctors to try an experimental treatment for COVID-19 patients that uses plasma from people who had the disease and recovered.
There is scant evidence it works in people infected
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