Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. The World Health Organization said it will temporarily halt global trials of hydroxychloroquine – the malaria drug President Trump said he was recently taking to prevent the coronavirus infection – and chloroquine after a study showed that hospitalized coronavirus patients taking the drugs have a higher mortality rate. Other treatments in the study, including the experimental drug remdesivir and an HIV combination therapy, are still being pursued, Tedros said. Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO's emergencies chief, said there was no indication of any safety problems with hydroxychloroquine in the WHO trial to date. The drugs have been touted by Trump, who last week said he requested hydroxychloroquine from his physician, Dr. Sean Conley.

Source: Fox News May 25, 2020 17:56 UTC