Clinic at UVA using antibody treatment to prevent severe COVID-19 UVA Health (FILE) (Source: WVIR) By Rachel Hirschheimer | April 20, 2021 at 5:24 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 10:04 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A new antibody treatment has now been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to prevent the progression of the coronavirus. Now, one doctor at the University of Virginia is working to administer this life saving drug to patients in the COVID Clinic.
“We were able to set up a program right within our clinic to help administer them, and that program has been going really well,” Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley, director of the COVID Clinic at UVA, said.