By Marie Rosenthal
Steroids appear to improve the survival of the sickest COVID-19 patients, by dampening the cytokine storm, according to three recent reports in JAMA—one of them a meta-analysis.
As a result, the World Health Organization issued a new guideline recommending systemic corticosteroids for the treatment of patients with severe and critical COVID-19. However, the guideline suggested that corticosteroids not be used for those with mild disease. The WHO said treatment in mild