Medical nigger to the rescue.
Medical nigger to the rescue.
How monoclonal antibodies help fight COVID-19
For many months after the COVID-19 pandemic began, there was no specific treatment for those who had become sick with the virus that has ravaged the world and changed nearly every aspect of daily living. Now, three monoclonal antibody therapies have been granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for people with COVID-19 who are not hospitalized.
“In clinical studies of outpatients with COVID-19, a one-time treatment with monoclonal antibodies reduced hospitalization by as much as 70% to 80%,” says UNC Health infectious diseases specialist Dr. David A. Wohl.
How monoclonal antibodies help fight COVID-19
For many months after the COVID-19 pandemic began, there was no specific treatment for those who had become sick with the virus that has ravaged the world and changed nearly every aspect of daily living. Now, three monoclonal antibody therapies have been granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for people with COVID-19 who are not hospitalized.
“In clinical studies of outpatients with COVID-19, a one-time treatment with monoclonal antibodies reduced hospitalization by as much as 70% to 80%,” says UNC Health infectious diseases specialist Dr. David A. Wohl.
[read more](https://thewell.unc.edu/2021/11/01/how-monoclonal-antibodies-help-fight-covid-19/)
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