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Doctors urge convalescent plasma donations amid critical shortage

Doctors urge convalescent plasma donations amid critical shortage Doctors urge convalescent plasma donations amid critical shortage UW Health officials say there remains a critical need for convalescent plasma donations to help patients hospitalized with COVID-19. MADISON, Wis. - As the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, local doctors are calling on recovered patients to help. Health officials say one donation can make a remarkable difference. The process is similar to giving blood, and doctors say it is saving lives.  Dr. Jasmine Zapata I was shocked when I look on my phone and pulled up my COVID results, said Dr. Jasmine Zapata with UW Health.

Monoclonal antibody treatments could cut COVID-19 hospitalizations significantly - but doctors aren t using their full supply

Monoclonal antibody treatments could cut COVID-19 hospitalizations significantly - but doctors aren t using their full supply insider@insider.com (Aria Bendix) © Kirsty O Connor/PA Images/Getty Images Stephen Craib, 42, makes his 15th plasma donation to the NHS Blood and Transplant Convalescent Plasma Program in London. Kirsty O Connor/PA Images/Getty Images The FDA has authorized two monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19. Scientists think the drugs could help reduce hospitalizations. But Moncef Slaoui, the chief advisor of Operation Warp Speed, told CNBC that states are only using 5% to 20% of their available supply. That s likely because doctors have a window of just 10 days to administer monoclonal antibodies, and the logistics of the infusions are challenging. 

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