After 20 days on a ventilator, 74-year-old Glenn Perkins had stopped responding to commands to move his hands and wiggle his toes. Doctors at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Warren County told his ...

Preliminary research has shown the potential of convalescent plasma therapy to improve clinical outcomes of patients with severe disease related to COVID-19. Results of an uncontrolled case series, ...

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 plasma infusion is underway for Rutland police officer John D. Songy as part of COVID-19 treatment, says his wife Joanne. Joanne was making a routine call to her husband’s nurse Tuesday evening when ...

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 ...

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 ...

BEULAH — Harriet “Hat” Oliver feels OK these days, though 30 minutes of talking leaves her sounding breathless. “I still feel weak and my eyes don’t work right, but I think that may be from keeping ...

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 ...

COVID-19 research is advancing at an unprecedented speed, but one strategy doctors are leaning on to treat COVID-19 patients looks more antiquated than innovative. In hospitals around the United ...

The Denver Zoo released a video of Dobby getting the infusion. — -- A newborn giraffe is recovering after undergoing a plasma infusion to bolster his immune system. The giraffe, named Dobby, was ...