Immunocompromised

International Plasma Awareness Week (IPAW) is highlighting the need for regular plasma donations to provide lifesaving treatments for patients with immune deficiencies and other serious conditions. For one Illinois family, it's a matter of life and death.

New research from Washington University finds about 90% of immunosuppressed patients vaccinated for the coronavirus produced infection-fighting antibodies, but their immune response was weaker than that of healthy people.