Tag: antibody

  • How doctors are innovating to treat COVID-19 | Miles O'Brien Productions

    How doctors are innovating to treat COVID-19

    One of the reasons COVID-19 presents such a significant global medical challenge is that there are few effective therapies for it so far. As cases fill hospital beds across many parts of the country, doctors and scientists are coming up with inventive ways to treat the disease, if not to cure it. PBS NewsHour science…

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  • Why antibody tests, a crucial step toward overcoming COVID-19, are still unreliable | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Why antibody tests, a crucial step toward overcoming COVID-19, are still unreliable

    Testing, both for active cases of COVID-19 and for antibodies indicating prior exposure to the disease, will be critical to resuming economic activity. In addition, scientists are racing to develop therapies for people who do get infected — especially those who become seriously ill. PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss…

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