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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

How Low-Dose Radiation Could Be The Trick For Treating COVID-19

How Low-Dose Radiation Could Be The Trick For Treating COVID-19: Low-dose radiation to the lungs may be a good therapy to reduce the mortality rates from COVID-19. The virus causes a cytokine storm - an uncontrolled systemic inflammatory response of the body that floods the lungs and kills the patient. Low doses of radiation can reduce the storm.

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