Steroids reduce deaths of critically ill COVID-19 patients, WHO confirms
The finding strengthens evidence that clinicians should give severely sick people the drugs
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Steroids, including dexamethasone and hydrocortisone, reduce the chance of dying from severe cases of COVID-19, an analysis from the World Health Organization finds.
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