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Immune modulator drugs improved survival for people hospitalized with COVID-19

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (blue), isolated from a patient sample. NIAID
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A large randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial led by the National Institutes of Health shows that treating adults hospitalized with COVID-19 with infliximab or abatacept – drugs widely used to treat certain autoimmune diseases – did not significantly shorten time to recovery but did substantially improve clinical status and reduce deaths.