Antidepressant Significantly Reduces Covid-19 Hospitalization

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Antidepressant Significantly Reduces Covid-19 Hospitalization
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Covid-19 patients who were given the low-cost antidepressant fluvoxamine were significantly less likely to require hospitalization compared with those who weren’t, according to a new study

Patients who received the low-cost and widely available fluvoxamine were far less likely to be hospitalized in a clinical trial

Doctors are increasingly turning to monoclonal-antibody drugs to treat high-risk patients who get sick with Covid-19. WSJ takes a look at how the therapies work and why they’re important for saving lives. Illustration: Jacob Reynolds/WSJ

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