RHONY: Ramona Singer branded ‘morally bankrupt’ as she’s accused of LYING about donating plasma

Ramona Singer’s co-stars branded her ‘morally bankrupt’ after they accused her of lying about donating plasma following her Covid-19 diagnosis.  The 64-year-old reality star was taken to task by newcomer Eboni K. Williams and Leah McSweeney in heated scenes from last night’s episode of Real Housewives of New York. It all kicked off during a visit … Read more

Coronation Street’s Charlie De Melo reveals he’s donated blood plasma after contracting COVID-19

Convalescent plasma has been used to treat infections for at least a century, dating back to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.   It was also trialed during the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic, 2003 SARS epidemic, and the 2012 MERS epidemic.  Convalescent plasma was used as a last resort to improve the survival rate of patients … Read more

Blood plasma with high levels of COVID-19 antibodies reduced the number of patient deaths by 25%

Convalescent plasma infusions can help reduce the number of coronavirus deaths, a new study suggests.  Researchers looked at people ill with COVID-19 who received blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients. When given early enough, patients who received antibody-rich plasma had a one-quarter lower risk of death than those given plasma with low concentrations of COVID-19 … Read more

Covid research: Convalescent plasma trial paused as results poor

Convalescent plasma has been used to treat infections for at least a century, dating back to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.   It was also trialed during the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic, 2003 SARS epidemic, and the 2012 MERS epidemic.  Convalescent plasma was used as a last resort to improve the survival rate of patients … Read more

Energy: Experimental fusion reactor in the UK successfully produces its first super-hot ‘plasma’

In a step towards cleaner and safer nuclear energy using the same reactions that power the Sun, a UK experimental fusion reactor has powered on for the first time. Fusion power works by colliding heavy hydrogen atoms to form helium — releasing vast amounts of energy in the process, as occurs naturally in the centre … Read more

Convalescent plasma therapy DOESN’T cut the risk of dying from Covid-19

Convalescent plasma has been used to treat infections for at least a century, dating back to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.   It was also trialed during the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic, 2003 SARS epidemic, and the 2012 MERS epidemic.  Convalescent plasma was used as a last resort to improve the survival rate of patients … Read more

Coronavirus antibodies from blood plasma donations start to fade three months after symptoms start

Coronavirus antibodies in blood plasma donations fade rapidly after symptoms first appear, a new study suggests. Researchers followed a small group of recovered COVID-19 patients who donated their blood and found all of them showed decreases in antibodies after three months. What’s more, just three weeks later, levels for half of the detectable antibodies fell … Read more

Coronavirus antibodies from blood plasma donations start to fade three months after symptoms start

Coronavirus antibodies in blood plasma donations fade rapidly after symptoms first appear, a new study suggests. Researchers followed a small group of recovered COVID-19 patients who donated their blood and found all of them showed decreases in antibodies after three months. What’s more, just three weeks later, levels for half of the detectable antibodies fell … Read more

Europe’s largest telescope snaps images of the sun showing intricate details of sunspots and plasma

Europe’s largest telescope captures stunning images of the sun showing intricate details of sunspots and plasma unlike anything researchers had seen before Europe’s largest telescope captured its first high-resolution images of the sun  It snapped solar magnetic fields taken at a wavelength 516 nanometers  The telescope was also able to take a picture sunspots at 430 … Read more

Europe’s largest telescope snaps images of the sun showing intricate details of sunspots and plasma

Europe’s largest telescope captures stunning images of the sun showing intricate details of sunspots and plasma unlike anything researchers had seen before Europe’s largest telescope captured its first high-resolution images of the sun  It snapped solar magnetic fields taken at a wavelength 516 nanometers  The telescope was also able to take a picture sunspots at 430 … Read more