A ‘scandalous’ and now retracted medical study which warned against using a drug championed by Donald Trump has flared accusations of political-point scoring. The paper’s claim that hydroxychloroquine increases the risk of death in Covid-19 patients has been used by rivals as a stick to beat the US President, who has himself been taking the drug … Read more
The authors of a momentous study that claimed that hydroxychloroquine raised the risks of death for coronavirus patients treated the controversial malaria drug have retracted their research. The retraction was published in the Lancet on Thursday, and comes just two days after the medical journal posted an ‘expression of concern.’ Along with the publication, more … Read more
Taking hydroxychloroquine after being exposed to someone with the novel coronavirus does not prevent you from contracting the disease, a new study finds. Researchers looked at 821 people who were exposed to the virus either through their line of worker as a healthcare professional, or from someone at home. Hydroxychloroquine – used to treat malaria, … Read more
WHO will RESUME trials of hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus as experts question studies that suggested the malaria drug raises risks of death On May 25, the WHO said it had paused the hydroxychloroquine arms of its international study on potential COVID-19 drugs The moratorium came after a study in the Lancet suggested patients who took … Read more
The US has sent two million doses of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to Brazil to use against the novel coronavirus, the two governments said on Sunday. In a joint statement, the two countries said the medication will be used as a prophylactic for healthcare workers in Brazil as well as a treatment for Brazilians who … Read more
On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it was suspending the hydroxychloroquine arm of its trial over safety concerns (file image) A major British coronavirus trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is going ahead despite fears it might raise the risk of death, it emerged today. Oxford University researchers were given the green light by the … Read more
On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it was suspending the hydroxychloroquine arm of its trial over safety concerns (file image) A major British coronavirus trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is going ahead despite fears it might raise the risk of death, it emerged today. Oxford University researchers were given the green light to … Read more
An anti-malaria drug taken by Donald Trump is not an effective Covid-19 treatment and raises the risk of death, a major study has today revealed. In a massive blow to hopes of finding a cure and stopping the disease in its tracks, scientists found hydroxychloroquine offered ‘absolutely no benefit’. Evidence on the medicine – subject … Read more
President Trump just killed people. I don’t know how many yet, or who they are, or when they will die, but the one absolute certainty from his public boast that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine is it will cost lives. Some people will now take it who shouldn’t. And some people won’t be able to take it … Read more
Donald Trump sparked backlash from medics around the world after he revealed he is taking an anti-malaria drug to try and protect himself against coronavirus. The president, 73, said he began taking hydroxychloroquine – branded as Plaquenil – ‘a couple of weeks ago’ along because ‘good things are being said about it’. Trump has often … Read more