TOPLINEA World Health Organization study examining hydroxychloroquine — the controversial anti-malarial drug President Donald Trump says he’s taken to ward off coronavirus — has stopped amid safety concerns of prescribing the drug as a treatment for the virus. A Salvadoran Health Ministry worker shows a package of bottles of HydroxyChloroquine pills to be ... [+] distributed in hospitals in San Salvador on April 21, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Trump has repeatedly defended hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment, saying earlier this month “what do you have to lose?” by taking the drug. Questions continued regarding its effectiveness, though, with the recent paper — taking results from over 96,000 patients in 671 hospitals — perhaps the most comprehensive look yet. FURTHER READINGHydroxychloroquine: Trump's Covid-19 'cure' increases deaths, global study finds (The Guardian)Influential Medical Journal Castigates Trump, Says 'Public Health Should Not Be Guided By Partisan Politics' (Forbes)All The Times Trump Has Promoted Hydroxychloroquine (Forbes)

Source: Forbes May 25, 2020 20:03 UTC