TUESDAY, Aug. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) — As the World Health Organization cautioned on Monday that using plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat other patients is still an experimental therapy, American scientists challenged a key statistic cited by U.S. officials as grounds for emergency approval of the treatment. In announcing the approval on Sunday, President … Read more
The push on Sunday came a day after Trump tweeted sharp criticism on the process to treat the virus, which has killed more than 175,000 Americans and imperiled his reelection chances. (AP photo) President Donald Trump on Sunday announced emergency authorisation to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma a move he called ”a breakthrough,” one … Read more
Aug. 20, 2020 — U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency approval of blood plasma as a COVID-19 treatment was put on hold last week after senior federal health officials said data supporting the therapy was too weak. More data is under review and the approval could still be issued in the near future, according to … Read more