Coronavirus breakthrough: dexamethasone is first drug shown to save lives

Coronavirus breakthrough: dexamethasone is first drug shown to save lives

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“It’s a startling result. It will clearly have a massive global impact.”

Intensive-care physician Kenneth Baillie, who serves on the steering committee of the RECOVERY coronavirus-drug trial, responds to results suggesting that dexamethasone reduces deaths among seriously ill people with COVID-19. (Nature | x min read)