Steroids cut COVID-19 death rates, but not for everyone – here’s who benefits and who doesn’t
- Written by Bryan McVerry, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Steroids could do more harm than good in patients with milder cases of COVID-19.Go Nakamura/Getty ImagesNew studies show that treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with inexpensive steroids can cut their risk of dying from the illness by a third. The results are so clear that the World Health Organization changed its advice on Sept. 2 and now...