Survivors of COVID-19 who produce lots of disease-fighting antibodies carry within them a weapon in the fight to prevent severe complications from the coronavirus. Their antibody-rich blood plasma helps block the virus, when transfused early into newly diagnosed patients and may even be helpful against infections with new variants of the coronavirus.
As a result, when an outbreak caused by a new variant of the coronavirus occurs in a community, its survivors could potentially become the medicine chest for others who fall sick, a New Jersey researcher said.
“They essentially have the treatment for the variants in their body,” said Dr. Michele Donato, lead researcher at Hackensack University Medical Center for a group of studies about COVID survivors’ blood plasma. “The plasma contains the antibodies of the virus that’s in the community at that time.”
First Responders Encourage Vaccinations in Black Community
By Bertram Keller, Contributing Writer
Published February 18, 2021
Dr. Eloisa Gonzalez (Courtesy photo)
An online conference organized by Ethnics Media Services (EMS) and LA County COVID-19 Joint Information Center gathered doctors from the LA County Department of Public Health (Public Health), in that each doctor shared extensive data as well as a quality perspective.
The online conference was hosted by Contributing Editor at Ethnic Media Services, Pilar Marrero, and guest speakers: Public Health Director of Integrative Medicine, Dr. Eloisa Gonzalez, Public Health Director of Primary Care Clinical Quality Dr. Karen Kim, and Public Health Director of Hubert Humphrey Comprehensive Health Center Dr. Raymond Perry.
By Chris Kirkham (Reuters) - U.S. workplace safety regulators have announced more than $4 million in penalties on more than 300 employers they say put.