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COVID antibody treatments show promise for preventing severe disease

But uptake by patients and physicians has been low in the United States, where some therapies have been authorized for months.
  1. Heidi Ledford
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Two clinical trials suggest that specific antibody treatments can prevent deaths and hospitalizations among people with mild or moderate COVID-19 — particularly those who are at high risk of developing severe disease.

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Nature 591, 513-514 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00650-7

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  1. Cathcart, A. L. et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.09.434607 (2021).

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