An apheresis machine separates and collects convalescent plasma from the whole blood of a recovered coronavirus (COVID-19) patient at the Central Seattle Donor Center of Bloodworks Northwest during the outbreak in Seattle, Washington, U.S. April 17, 2020. The plasma from recovered patients will be used in an experimental treatment study for current coronavirus patients. By […]

For doctors in northern Italy, fighting what is still Europe’s worst outbreak of COVID-19, the frontlines have moved beyond hospitals as special teams try to keep patients alive at home, away from the saturated wards where thousands have died. For staff on the so-called USCA (Special Continuity Assistance Units) teams, it has been a draining […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion relief program to help farmers cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic through a package that will include direct payment and mass purchases of produce, meat, and other products. “These are great people, great Americans, never complain, never complain – they just do what […]

A new experimental therapy is being tested on an American COVID-19 patient for the first time. Six coronavirus patients considered ‘high risk’ have already survived and recovered after being treated with the placenta-based cell-therapy product. According to early data from the Pluristem, the Israeli biotech company championing the procedures, the patients were suffering from respiratory […]

The United States has asked China to revise new export quality control rules for protective equipment needed in the coronavirus outbreak so they are not an obstacle to timely supplies, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department said. China tightened restrictions on exports of masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) last Friday, calling for […]