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Akron teen among first to receive antibody therapy for COVID 19

Shefali Mahesh, MD, director of pediatric nephrology at Akron Children's, discusses the monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19 provided to Ahmad Amiri, 18, one of the first people in Northeast Ohio to receive this treatment. Amiri was at high-risk for worsening symptoms due to a kidney transplant operation.

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