The Coronavirus May Mess With Thyroid Levels, Too

Early studies suggest that the thyroid is yet another organ affected by the pandemic coronavirus

Roxanne Khamsi
Elemental
Published in
6 min readAug 10, 2020

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As the devastating outbreak of Covid-19 spread in Italy in March, doctors became curious if the ruthless virus, which seemed to wreak unpredictable havoc on the body, was mucking with important organs like the thyroid…

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Roxanne Khamsi
Elemental

Health reporter uncovering overlooked science. Follow her on Twitter at @rkhamsi and get her new articles here: https://roxanne.substack.com/p/coming-soon