Hydroxychloroquine

A bottle of the drug hydroxychloroquine. | AP Photo/Ben Margot A decades-old malaria medicine touted by the president as a coronavirus treatment showed no benefit for thousands of patients hospitalized in New York. There was also no noticeable advantage for patients that took the drug paired with the antibiotic azithromycin, according to hotly anticipated research…

Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who has publicly acknowledged her lack of medical expertise, made a personal appeal to President Donald Trump on her broadcast to "pull back" a "misguided" FDA warning about an unproven drug treatment for the new coronavirus. "We now have multiple studies across the globe and reports from treating physicians regarding the safety and efficacy…

were not “safe and effective” when used on COVID-19 patients." data-reactid="16" type="text">After weeks of polarizing debate over the use of two generic anti-malarial drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, the Food and Drug Administration this week warned they were not “safe and effective” when used on COVID-19 patients.However, the hydroxychloroquine debate is far from over, as the…

were not “safe and effective” when used on COVID-19 patients." data-reactid="16" type="text">After weeks of polarizing debate over the use of two generic anti-malarial drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, the Food and Drug Administration this week warned they were not “safe and effective” when used on COVID-19 patients.However, the hydroxychloroquine debate is far from over, as the…

An increasing number of studies and reports have raised safety issues, making the drugs an example of how the president’s embrace of unproven medical ideas has potentially endangered Americans’ lives and put health agencies in a tough spot.On Thursday, after a White House presentation that touched on disinfectants that can kill the novel coronavirus on…