monoclonal antibodies

The governor and surgeon general point to residents who get tested "multiple times per week" without COVID symptoms and will add state guidance to “unwind the testing psychology” of the Biden administration.

In a letter sent to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Dr. Joseph Ladapo wrote that federal agencies should not be controlling COVID options. He asked that Florida be able to pursue unlimited acquisition of any treatment.

Evusheld offers about six months of protection if administered before a patient is exposed to the virus, Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a news conference.

Tampa-based DeliveRxd Pharmacy is offering at-home treatment to eligible residents in counties around the region at no cost to the patient.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state will receive 3,000 doses of sotrovimab, which received emergency use authorization in May, to address what he calls a shortfall in Regeneron shipments from the Biden administration.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried asked for planned changes to the national distribution of antibody drugs to be delayed until the COVID-19 caseload is “further reduced” in Florida.

DeSantis has been critical of the Biden administration over its COVID-19 mitigation strategies.

The treatment touted by Gov. DeSantis is helping thousands of Floridians fend off severe COVID-19. But health experts say vaccines and masks are critical to stopping the surge.

Gov. Ron DeSantis tells reporters that his office plans to appeal Friday’s court ruling during a Jacksonville news conference in which a woman seen sick on the floor in a viral photo says the treatment helped keep her alive.

Florida's 20 or so locations have treated more than 10,000 people. But Gov. Ron DeSantis, in The Villages to open another, says more people could be helped.

Toma Dean said she was too out of breath to keep standing while waiting for injections of monoclonal antibodies. She says she would be in the ER had she not received the treatment.

A photo circulating on social media shows COVID-19 patients lying on the floor of the antibody treatment clinic at the Jacksonville Public Library...