CHICAGO (WLS) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, hospitals around the world have begun testing convalescent plasma as a potential treatment. The University of Chicago Medicine is one facility who is ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- If you've survived coronavirus and now test negative, your blood plasma could help save a life. 71-year-old Jose Abdelnoor and his wife, 67-year-old Evelyn Diaz did not think ...

New York City-based Northwell Health’s research arm has joined a national network formed by the Mayo Clinic to collect blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and research an ...

FARGO — More than 170 people have tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies while giving blood in Fargo, meaning their plasma could be used to fight the virus. Vitalant, a nonprofit organization based ...

Researchers examine whether the blood of a recovered patient can help others. Experts are hoping a century-old technique used for treating epidemics may hold new promise for treating COVID-19 patients ...

Vitalant, formerly known as Blood Centers of the Pacific, announced Monday that it will begin testing all blood donations for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. The nonprofit blood collection organization serves ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Caitlin Darcy is a server at Beatnik in West Town. She lost her job when the state shuttered all bars and restaurants. Then she contracted COVID-19. After four days of severe aches, ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)– Antibody test results will help health care leaders understand more about who is most at risk for Coronavirus. The antibody test is different from the test for the virus itself.

A New York family pleads for COVID-19 survivors to donate plasma. The son of a retired New York state investigator hopes the experimental treatment of convalescent plasma will help his father, who has ...

The American Red Cross began will test all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies, effective Monday. The antibody test indicates if the donor’s immune system has produced ...

Antibody tests for the coronavirus are becoming widely available at low or no cost. The Blood Connection began offering free antibody tests to blood donors starting Monday. LabCorp, the laboratory ...

Hospitals in New York City are gearing up to use the blood of people who have recovered from COVID-19 as a possible antidote for the disease. Researchers hope that the century-old approach of infusing ...