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US health official apologizes for touting false plasma data

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 25 01:39 PM

WASHINGTON - Dr Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, apologized Monday after misrepresenting a key statistic on how effective blood plasma is for treating COVID-19 when announcing an emergency approval measure.  Read more »

DOH to public: Don’t engage in ‘illegal, highly dangerous’ blood-plasma trade

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 10:03 PM

The Department of Health on Saturday stressed to the public that buying and selling convalescent plasma to treat the novel coronavirus is against the law and poses risks. Read more »

Imee Marcos bats for 'plasma banks' while waiting for COVID-19 vaccine

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 07:38 PM

Sen. Imee Marcos on Monday pushed for the establishment of blood plasma banks in Philippine hospitals, saying the convalescent plasma therapy may help coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients recover while a vaccine against the illness has yet to be formulated.   Read more »

Angara launches website for COVID-19 survivors who want to donate blood plasma

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 03:41 PM

Sen. Sonny Angara on Thursday launched a website where coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors can privately sign up to donate blood plasma, seen as a possible treatment for severely ill COVID-19 patients. Read more »

More 'gift of life' plasma from COVID-19 survivors sought

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 04:19 PM

The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) on Thursday appealed for more recovered patients to donate their blood plasma for an experimental but promising “treatment of last resort” for COVID-19. Read more »

Improvement seen in COVID-19 patients given plasma transfusion: St Luke's doctors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 07:53 PM

COVID-19 patients in St. Luke's Medical Center who were placed under convalescent plasma therapy have been showing improvements, according to institution's doctors on Thursday. Read more »

PGH assures public of safety precautions for experimental plasma treatment for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 12:58 PM

The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) said its experimental treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using convalescent plasma therapy should not cause reinfection among recipient patients. Read more »

7 COVID-19 survivors donate plasma at PGH for experimental treatment

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 09:45 PM

MANILA — The Philippine General Hospital on Monday said a total of 7 COVID-19 survivors have already donated plasma or blood for an experimental treatment against the new coronavirus. Read more »

Coronavirus survivor Angara donates blood plasma for COVID-19 patients

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 02:14 PM

Sen. Sonny Angara on Sunday donated blood plasma for a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient after he recuperated from the disease last week. Read more »

65 recovered COVID patients screened as possible blood donors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 10:22 AM

At least 65 patients who recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are set to be screened if they are fit to donate blood for those still recuperating from the illness, the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) said Monday. Read more »

'Our heroes': COVID-19 survivors donate blood plasma, raise hopes for treatment

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 10 08:20 AM

A seaman and 2 nurses who survived the coronavirus disease on Thursday set in motion a blood plasma donation drive at the Philippines' main government hospital that it hopes to use on severely ill patients, a doctor there said. Read more »