Wearing a face mask can reduce the risk of infection with the novel coronavirus, but anti-maskers refuse to wear face covers in public settings. The list of face mask protestors includes high-profile politicians who oppose face masks and mask mandates. One such person is Rep. Louie Gohmert, who tested positive for COVID-19 during a White …
There’s still no coronavirus cure available to the millions of people who are still fighting the infection, even though several studies have identified therapies that can improve recovery significantly. Hydroxychloroquine , the anti-malaria drug, can’t prevent or treat COVID-19, several studies have shown, but President Trump remains a supporter of the unproven medicine. Trump tweeted …
A new research study affirms that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for coronavirus patients. Multiple studies have all shown that the drug, which was touted by President Trump earlier this year, is not capable of combating the coronavirus. Back in March, when the coronavirus pandemic started to sweep across the country, President Trump started …
Hydroxychloroquine use in coronavirus treatment is no longer authorized, the FDA announced. The agency said the anti-malarial drug can only be used in clinical trials, citing recent study as clear evidence that hydroxychloroquine can not cure COVID-19 and can’t prevent the coronavirus infection. The drug can still be prescribed off-label for COVID-19, and it can …
More coronavirus hydroxychloroquine study results are coming in, and they all seem to confirm previous research. The virus is not effective at treating COVID-19 patients, a large clinical trial from the UK shows. Two distinct studies analyzing the drug’s ability to prevent an infection with the novel coronavirus also revealed there’s no evidence the anti-malarial …
Two coronavirus drug research papers that were published recently have been withdrawn by some of the co-authors of the studies, as the validity of the dataset used in the observational trials could not be independently verified. One of the studies said that hydroxychloroquine is actually worse for patients after looking at data from more than …
Trump’s favorite hydroxychloroquine-zinc combo for treating the novel coronavirus disease can’t actually prevent infection. A new study indicates that patients who took hydroxychloroquine after being exposed to COVID-19 were just as likely to be infected as patients who took a placebo drug. Adding zinc didn’t help either. Hydroxychloroquine prescriptions skyrocketed in March following Trump’s positive …
Coronavirus treatment trials that include hydroxychloroquine will continue following a massive research controversy, the World Health Organization announced. The hydroxychloroquine arm of the COVID-19 Solidarity trial was halted after a large study said the drug can make COVID-19 worse for some patients. The dataset used for that study, which supposedly included 15,000 COVID-19 patients, is …
President Trump said he would take hydroxychloroquine again “if he thought he was exposed” to the novel coronavirus, even after extensive testing has proven that the anti-malaria drug isn’t as effective in treating COVID-19 as initially believed. The drug can have serious side-effects, and there’s no proof it can prevent infection either. Separately, a study …
President Donald Trump says he stopped taking the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine. The drug has no proven benefits for coronavirus patients and doesn’t prevent COVID-19 infection. Multiple studies have found the drug can actually make symptoms worse, and increase the death rate of COVID-19 among patients. President Donald Trump made headlines around the world for his …
