monoclonal antibodies

When Omicron becomes the dominant variant in Michigan, most of the state's supply of antibody therapies won't be effective anymore.

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Only one antibody therapy treats omicron. Michigan has just 4,000 doses of it.

Kate Wells

More than 6,000 Michigan COVID-19 patients are currently receiving antibody therapy a week. But two of the three leading drugs on the market don't work against omicron. The state currently has only 4,000 doses of the one that does.

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Stateside: Monoclonal antibody use booms; Lansing musician Rachel Curtis; UM gymnastics coach

Stateside Staff

Today on Stateside, Michigan sees a boom in the use of monoclonal antibodies to keep COVID-19 patients out of the hospital. Plus, the coach of the…

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“It’s like a miracle:” Monoclonal antibody use soars over 300% in Michigan

Kate Wells

It felt like a war. And the doctors, nurses and health care workers at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing were losing.“We’re battling out there, but no new…

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Michigan expands monoclonal antibodies treatment to cut hospitalizations, deaths

The Associated Press

Michigan will expand the use of a COVID-19 treatment in hopes of substantially reducing climbing hospitalizations and deaths. Additional doses of…