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COVID-19
COVID-19 Antibody Test Now Directly Available Through LabCorp.com
May 05, 2020 BURLINGTON, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LabCorp (NYSE: LH), a leading global life sciences company that is deeply integrated in guiding…
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Clinical Trial To Test Blood Plasma From Recovered Patients As Treatment For COVID-19 Disease
NEW YORK, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A clinical trial now underway is looking at whether blood plasma donated by people recovered…
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Clinical labs face many obstacles as they validate COVID-19 serology tests
April 28, 2020 / Madeleine Johnson, Genomeweb Against a backdrop of dynamic federal regulations and a quickly expanding commercial landscape,…
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Critically ill Massachusetts coronavirus patient dramatically improves after plasma treatment
April 23, 2020 / By Kayla Rivas | Fox News Doctors at a Massachusetts hospital are crediting an experimental blood plasma treatment…
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Doctors try to untangle why they’re seeing ‘unprecedented’ blood clotting among Covid-19 patients
April 22, 2020 / By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN (CNN) – Dr. Kathryn Hibbert’s Covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit…
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Partners HealthCare launches COVID-19 biobank with samples from Biogen employees
April 19, 2020 / Modern Healthcare Partners HealthCare has formed a consortium to build a COVID-19 biobank with blood samples from employees of…
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Unproven tests. Inaccurate results. Public health labs worry ‘bad data’ could taint US recovery from coronavirus crisis.
April 6, 2020 / Ken Alltucker and Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY Companies are lining up to market an emerging type…
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FDA flexibility on COVID-19 blood tests creating confusion and fears
April 12, 2020 / Associated Press Blood tests for the coronavirus could play a key role in deciding whether millions of Americans…
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When will we reopen the country? Antibody testing may help officials decide, experts say
April 10, 2020 / Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY As officials begin to discuss when they can lift stay-at-home orders, companies are…
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Plasma treatment being tested in New York may be coronavirus ‘game changer’
April 7, 2020 / By Conor Ferguson, Cynthia McFadden and Didi Martinez As patients with COVID-19 continue pouring into emergency departments…
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FDA OKs first coronavirus blood test, crucial for showing immunity and testing vaccines
April 2, 2020 / Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY The FDA has authorized the first test for coronavirus that measures antibodies in the…
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The first US coronavirus patients are being treated with convalescent plasma therapy. Will it work? Not even the doctors know
April 2, 2020 / Elizabeth Weise and Mark Johnson, USA TODAY In New York and Houston, pints of straw-colored convalescent…
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Coronavirus patients in Houston hospital becoming first in US to try experimental plasma transfusion
March 30, 2020 / By Chris Ciaccia | Fox News A Houston-area hospital became the first hospital in the U.S. to transfuse…
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FDA says it is expediting the use of a blood plasma treatment as New York begins to roll out new clinical trials
March 25, 2020 / By Kara Scannell and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) – The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it is expediting…
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FDA is working on treatment of coronavirus with blood from recovered patients
March 20, 2020 / By Mike Hixenbaugh Dr. Arturo Casadevall was working from home in Baltimore on Thursday when his phone…
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