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2020
June
Neat News 2020-168 (added 2020-06-16)
Drug to cut COVID-19 death rate
Public Domain by NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), U.S. NIH
| A new study found evidence that an existing drug, Dexamethasone, can cut the risk of death for those COVID-19 patients on ventilators by a third, for those on oxygen by a fifth. It seems to work by preventing the immune system of the patient going into overdrive. |