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What Do We Really Know About Plasma?

What Do We Really Know About Plasma?

FromPrognosis: Losing it


What Do We Really Know About Plasma?

FromPrognosis: Losing it

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

President Donald Trump expanded access to a coronavirus treatment that involves blood plasma donated by people who’ve recovered from Covid-19. But while convalescent plasma, as it’s known, is a promising therapy, researchers don’t yet fully understand how well it works. Michelle Fay Cortez explains what the announcement means, and the concerns that agencies like the FDA are letting pressure from the White House, rather than science, guide their decisions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Aug 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

For much of human history, we’ve turned to diets to lose weight and improve our health. But it’s mostly been in vain. No matter how much the number on the scale drops begins to go down, chances are that the weight will come back. That’s just what the science says. But when it comes to weight, the facts just don’t seem to matter. Losing It, a new series from Bloomberg’s Prognosis, looks at how we got weight loss so wrong — and whether there’s a better way forward.