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HHS, TMC launch monoclonal antibody treatment center for COVID-19 patients (Source: kold) By KOLD News 13 Staff | January 7, 2021 at 11:06 AM MST - Updated January 8 at 11:44 AM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Tucson Medical Center (TMC) today began administering monoclonal antibody therapeutic treatments at a temporary COVID-19 infusion center in Tucson. The center is the second federally supported infusion center in the country to treat certain COVID-19 patients in order to prevent hospitalization and the severity of illness. ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Nurse Kristen Cline was working a 12-hour shift in October at the Royal C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when a code blue rang through the halls. A patient in an isolation room was dying of a coronavirus that had raged for eight months across the country before it made the state the brightest red dot in a nation of hot spots. Cline knew she needed to protect herself before entering the room, where a second COVID-19 patient was trembling under the covers, sobbing. She reached for the crinkled and dirty N95 mask ...

“Those of us who don’t die are going to quit”: Overwhelmed hospitals and the nurse who lost hope Supply shortages remain so severe that nurse Kristen Cline reuses her N95 for shifts as her hospital buckles January 1, 2021 2:00PM (UTC) Nurses hold a meeting on one of five Covid-19 wards at Whiston Hospital in Merseyside where patients are taken to recover from the virus. (Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images) --

EL CENTRO — El Centro Regional Medical Center is hopeful a new therapy for treating high-risk COVID-19 patients will limit the number of hospital admissions, improve patient outcomes and reduce strain on the hospital’s resources. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services opened a temporary infusion center on the south side of the hospital Wednesday to begin administering monoclonal antibody therapeutic treatments. The center is the first in a pilot program to treat certain COVID-19 patients in order to prevent hospitalization and the severity of illness. Monoclonal antibodies...

Antibody infusion center opens in Imperial County to treat COVID-19 patients (KYMA, KECY) - Health officials launch a center to treat COVID-19 patients and those at high risk of severe illness or hospitalizations. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) began administering monoclonal antibody treatments on Wednesday to help patients. HHS says patients will receive one of two treatments authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The treatments have shown to decrease hospitalization rates in people with a higher ri...