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US approves rapid test that can detect coronavirus within 15 minutes as death toll approaches 1,700

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Abbott Laboratories said on Friday it won the federal government’s marketing approval for a diagnostic test for the coronavirus that can deliver results to patients within minutes. The medical device company based in Lake Bluff, Illinois, said that the test can be used in physicians’ offices and urgent care clinics as well as hospitals. The … Read more

FDA approves use of plasma from recovered coronavirus patients to treat the sickest patients

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The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first treatment in the US for the coronavirus that has infected more than 50,000 Americans: blood plasma from people who have cleared the infection.  Blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients is rich in antibodies their immune system has developed to fight the infection.  China began … Read more