LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Long before vaccines, the focus was on a handful of COVID-19 treatments that provided glimmers of hope. The first to emerge was convalescent plasma. It offered a way for ...

Convalescent plasma – a once-celebrated treatment for COVID-19 that has largely fallen out of favor – does work well for people who are immune-compromised, according to a study published Thursday.The ...

Some longtime advocates of the therapy say they’re pessimistic about its future. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Six months after it was controversially hailed by Trump administration officials as ...

Findings from a nationwide, multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggest that patients with COVID-19 have less chance of developing ...

As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, the American Red Cross warns that one treatment that could help the sickest patients is now in short supply: convalescent plasma. Authorized by the Food and ...

Six months after it was controversially hailed by Trump administration officials as a “breakthrough” therapy to fight the worst effects of Covid-19, convalescent plasma appears to be on the ropes. The ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday issued an emergency authorization for doctors to treat Covid-19 using blood plasma from patients who’ve recovered from the disease. Below, STAT ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A "definitive study" from Johns Hopkins University researchers and others shows that convalescent ...