Ex-minister: Bolsonaro eyed decree on chloroquine for COVID
3 years, 8 months ago

Ex-minister: Bolsonaro eyed decree on chloroquine for COVID

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Former Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro had considered issuing a decree officially expanding the use of the anti-malarial drug chloroquine for COVID-19 patients in Brazil, though studies found it ineffective. Mandetta said he was called to a meeting in the presidential palace where he saw a draft of the decree on the table aimed at expanding chloroquine’s use to include COVID-19 treatment. Critics say Bolsonaro’s frequent downplaying of the coronavirus as a “little flu” and his fervent opposition to restrictions on activity have added to Brazil’s death toll. Mandetta said Bolsonaro didn’t directly pressure him to adopt a different stance regarding quarantine measures, but said the president’s contradicting him publicly caused confusion among Brazilians.

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Panel: Trump staffers pushed unproven COVID treatment at FDA
2 years, 4 months ago

Panel: Trump staffers pushed unproven COVID treatment at FDA

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration’s efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decisions early in the pandemic. But Hahn told investigators that he felt pressure due to the “persistence” of Trump aide Peter …

Remember Donald Trump-touted hydroxychloroquine? Study in India backs it as Covid-19 cure
3 years, 7 months ago

Remember Donald Trump-touted hydroxychloroquine? Study in India backs it as Covid-19 cure

India Today  

Hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug touted as a magical Covid-19 cure by former US President Donald Trump last year, has been found effective in a prophylactic study published in the Journal of The Association of Physicians of India last week. The study said, “hen adjusted for other risk factors, HCQ dose as per government recommendations, 2-3, 4-5, 6 or more weeks …

President Bolsonaro exacerbated Covid pandemic in Brazil: Ex-minister
3 years, 8 months ago

President Bolsonaro exacerbated Covid pandemic in Brazil: Ex-minister

India Today  

Brazil's ex-health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta told a Senate inquiry Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro repeatedly ignored warnings that his response to the coronavirus pandemic risked causing the health system to collapse. Mandetta, who resigned in April 2020 after clashing with Bolsonaro over Covid-19, bluntly criticized his ex-boss in testimony to a commission investigating whether the far-right leader's administration has …

‘I warned Bolsonaro’, ex-Brazil minister testifies in COVID probe
3 years, 8 months ago

‘I warned Bolsonaro’, ex-Brazil minister testifies in COVID probe

Al Jazeera  

Ex-health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta says he told President Jair Bolsonaro to listen to the science to fight virus. Brazil’s former health minister has told a parliamentary inquiry that far-right President Jair Bolsonaro ignored repeated warnings that his approach to COVID-19 could cause the health system to collapse in the South American nation. Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who was fired in …

Hydroxychloroquine shouldn’t be used as Covid preventive, says WHO
3 years, 10 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine shouldn’t be used as Covid preventive, says WHO

Hindustan Times  

Anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine should not be used in efforts to prevent infection with Covid-19, according to the World Health Organization. Hydroxychloroquine was touted as a Covid-19 treatment by former President Donald Trump and later deemed ineffective. The WHO’s recommendation is based on evidence from six randomized controlled trials with more than 6,000 participants with or without known exposure to a …

Brazil’s Bolsonaro says cure, not vaccine, way out of coronavirus crisis
4 years, 2 months ago

Brazil’s Bolsonaro says cure, not vaccine, way out of coronavirus crisis

Live Mint  

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday it would be easier and cheaper to invest in a cure for Covid-19 rather than a vaccine, in a clear sign the president is increasingly positioning himself against inoculation programs. Bolsonaro, who caught and recovered from, Covid-19 in July, has repeatedly downplayed the gravity of the virus and continues to promote the anti-malarial chloroquine …

Everything you wanted to know about covid-19 treatments, in five charts
4 years, 5 months ago

Everything you wanted to know about covid-19 treatments, in five charts

Live Mint  

When India’s National Task Force on COVID-19 recommended against including Itolizumab, Biocon’s psoriasis drug, in its treatment guidelines, the move represented two key aspects of the global scramble for a cure for covid-19 - the problematic bar for evidence, as well as the sheer size of the challenge. Perhaps no drug candidate in the race for a cure for covid-19 …

Hydroxychloroquine is a poor coronavirus treatment but a perfect parable for our times
4 years, 5 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine is a poor coronavirus treatment but a perfect parable for our times

ABC  

The group had all the trappings of medical authority. Since March 1, public posts containing the word "hydroxychloroquine" have received at least 55 million "interactions" on Facebook — a measure that includes reactions, shares or comments. And in the months since, President Trump and members of his administration have repeatedly returned to the hydroxychloroquine narrative despite the protests of White …

Hydroxychloroquine: Researchers publish scathing critique of Henry Ford study touted by the White House
4 years, 5 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine: Researchers publish scathing critique of Henry Ford study touted by the White House

CNN  

CNN — Researchers on Wednesday published scathing critiques of a study President Trump repeatedly touted on Twitter. “The highly respected Henry Ford Health System just reported, based on a large sampling, that HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE cut the death rate in certain sick patients very significantly. For example, the patients in the Henry Ford study who were given hydroxychloroquine had fewer risk factors …

Trump Defends Use of Hydroxychloroquine, Says It Works in Early Stages of Covid-19 Infection
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump Defends Use of Hydroxychloroquine, Says It Works in Early Stages of Covid-19 Infection

News 18  

US President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, saying many frontline medical workers agree with him that the malaria drug works in the early stages of COVID-19 infection, despite mounting evidence that it is ineffective in treating the disease. I think frontline medical people believe that too — some, many," Trump told reporters …

Warnings against anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients were politically motivated: Donald Trum
4 years, 5 months ago

Warnings against anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients were politically motivated: Donald Trum

Live Mint  

US President Donald Trump said the medical community’s widespread warnings against using the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients were politically motivated to damage him. Trump had shared a video of people dressed in white lab coats who called themselves “America’s Frontline Doctors” staging a press conference about the virus. “He’s got a pretty good approval rating, so just …

Brazil’s cult of hydroxychloroquine
4 years, 5 months ago

Brazil’s cult of hydroxychloroquine

CNN  

Brasilia, Brazil CNN — The police cavalry horses pranced through red dust towards an open grave nobody expected would be dug for Sgt. Jo Shelley for CNN In Brazil – home to South America’s worst coronavirus outbreak, where as many as 50,000 new cases have been recorded per day – the drug is at the heart of a febrile scrap …

Trump again pushes unproven hydroxychloroquine as Covid-19 treatment
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump again pushes unproven hydroxychloroquine as Covid-19 treatment

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON: A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment and challenging the credibility of the nation's leading infectious disease expert. The president also shared a post from the Twitter account for a podcast hosted by Steve Bannon, a …

Brazil hospitals overwhelmed as coronavirus cases cross 2 million
4 years, 5 months ago

Brazil hospitals overwhelmed as coronavirus cases cross 2 million

Al Jazeera  

Health authorities struggling to cope and treat COVID-19 patients as virus spreads to smaller cities in the country. At a public hospital in the city of Campinas, northwest of Sao Paulo, a video recorded by a doctor who works at the facility showed no intensive care unit beds available to treat COVID-19 patients. “We’ve had many days with a 100 …

Hydroxychloroquine doesn’t work in non-hospitalized patients
4 years, 5 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine doesn’t work in non-hospitalized patients

CNN  

CNN — The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine did not benefit non-hospitalized patients with mild Covid-19 symptoms who were treated early in their infection, according to a study published Thursday in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine. “Taken together, there is no convincing evidence that hydroxychloroquine can either prevent COVID-19 after exposure or reduce illness severity after developing early symptoms,” study …

Trump's Claim That Hydroxychloroquine 'Doesn't Kill People' Looks Worse And Worse
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump's Claim That Hydroxychloroquine 'Doesn't Kill People' Looks Worse And Worse

Huff Post  

In late May, Trump also said he had taken hydroxychloroquine for two weeks as a preventative against the coronavirus, even though studies have found that hydroxychloroquine has either no benefit or poses an even greater risk of death. In late March, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine usage with COVID-19 patients, although it admitted, “We …

Bolsonaro taking dubious drug after testing positive for COVID-19
4 years, 6 months ago

Bolsonaro taking dubious drug after testing positive for COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has continued to tout an unproven anti-malarial drug as a treatment for the new coronavirus after testing positive for COVID-19. “He took hydroxychloroquine in public saying he’s feeling good and that it was probably because of the medicated when we know that the medication doesn’t work for COVID-19, so it’s dangerous,” she told Al Jazeera. Then …

Brazil's Sceptical President Jair Bolsonaro Contracts Coronavirus, Says Taking Anti-malarial Drug HCQ
4 years, 6 months ago

Brazil's Sceptical President Jair Bolsonaro Contracts Coronavirus, Says Taking Anti-malarial Drug HCQ

News 18  

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he had tested positive for the coronavirus but said he was feeling "perfectly well" and had only mild symptoms. In the interview broadcast on state-run TV Brasil, Bolsonaro said he began feeling ill on Sunday and has been taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug with unproven effectiveness against COVID-19. The US embassy in Brasilia …

US prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine skyrocketed from February to March, study finds
4 years, 6 months ago

US prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine skyrocketed from February to March, study finds

CNN  

CNN — Prescriptions for the anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine skyrocketed in the US from February to March, a time when the drugs, though unproven, were touted as treatments for the coronavirus. Researchers found the estimated number of hydroxychloroquine prescriptions increased 86.2% from February to March, from 367,346 to 683,999, and dispensed chloroquine prescriptions increased 158.6%, rising from 2,346 to …

Hydroxychloroquine: US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of the drug
4 years, 6 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine: US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of the drug

CNN  

CNN — The federal government is stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine now that the US Food and Drug Administration has revoked permission for the drug to be distributed to treat coronavirus patients. The government started stockpiling donated hydroxychloroquine in late March, after President Trump touted it as “very encouraging” and “very powerful” and a “game-changer.” But Monday, the …

Hydroxychloroquine: Brazil recommends unproven drug for pregnant women and children despite FDA ban
4 years, 6 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine: Brazil recommends unproven drug for pregnant women and children despite FDA ban

CNN  

Sao Paulo CNN — Brazilian health authorities said on Monday they will now recommend hydroxychloroquine to treat children and pregnant women for early treatment of Covid-19, and criticized the US Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to revoke the emergency use of the drug. “The studies referenced by the FDA today cannot be used as examples for Brazil or for …

FDA revokes emergency use authorisation for hydroxychloroquine
4 years, 6 months ago

FDA revokes emergency use authorisation for hydroxychloroquine

The Hindu  

On June 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked the emergency use authorization issued for two drugs — hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate — for use in certain hospitalised COVID-19 patients. The FDA further added: “In light of ongoing serious cardiac adverse events and other serious side effects, the known and potential benefits of CQ and HCQ no longer …

Hydroxychloroquine: FDA revokes authorization of drug Trump touted
4 years, 6 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine: FDA revokes authorization of drug Trump touted

CNN  

CNN — The Food and Drug Administration has revoked its emergency use authorization for the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for the treatment of Covid-19. After reviewing the current research available on the drugs, the FDA determined that the drugs do not meet “the statutory criteria” for emergency use authorization as they are unlikely to be effective in treating Covid-19 based …

The jury is still out on Hydroxychloroquine after the global debacle have left scientists uncertain of its usage
4 years, 7 months ago

The jury is still out on Hydroxychloroquine after the global debacle have left scientists uncertain of its usage

Firstpost  

The WHO paused its trials when The Lancet study showed the drug was tied to an increased risk of death in hospitalized patients. Scientists are resuming COVID-19 trials of the now world-famous drug hydroxychloroquine, as confusion continues to reign about the anti-malarial hailed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential “game-changer” in fighting the pandemic. The World Health Organization, …

Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as Brazil’s coronavirus toll soars
4 years, 7 months ago

Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as Brazil’s coronavirus toll soars

Al Jazeera  

Accusing WHO of ‘ideological bias’, Bolsonaro says he may follow US president’s footsteps and leave the UN health body. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to pull his country out of the World Health Organization after the United Nations agency warned governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the new coronavirus. “Either the WHO works …

Malaria drug fails to prevent COVID-19 in a rigorous study
4 years, 7 months ago

Malaria drug fails to prevent COVID-19 in a rigorous study

Associated Press  

A malaria drug President Donald Trump took to try to prevent COVID-19 proved ineffective for that in the first large, high-quality study to test it in people in close contact with someone with the disease. “This fits with everything else we’ve seen so far which suggests that it’s not beneficial,” said Dr. Peter Bach, director of a health policy center …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Two studies that showed Hydroxychloroquine's negative effects on COVID-19 patients are being called into question
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Two studies that showed Hydroxychloroquine's negative effects on COVID-19 patients are being called into question

Firstpost  

The study conducted on around 10,000 people tie the malaria drugs to a higher risk of death in hospitalized patients with the virus. After a study published in The Lancet Journal claimed that administering hydroxychloroquine to people infected with COVID-19 infection can increase their risk of death, the World Health Organisation suspended a large scale trial on COVID-19 patients. Now, …

France, Italy, Belgium act to stop use of hydroxychloroquine for covid-19 on safety fears
4 years, 7 months ago

France, Italy, Belgium act to stop use of hydroxychloroquine for covid-19 on safety fears

Live Mint  

France, Italy and Belgium acted to halt the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat patients suffering from COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, amid questions about the safety of the generic anti-malaria drug. France on Wednesday cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to dispense the medicine, while the Italian Medicine Agency suspended authorization to use hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 outside …

France bans hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 amid safety concerns
4 years, 7 months ago

France bans hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 amid safety concerns

Live Mint  

The French government on Wednesday cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. The move, which takes immediate effect, is the first by a country since the World Health Organization said on Monday it was pausing a large trial of the malaria …

Anthony Fauci: Science shows hydroxychloroquine is not effective as a coronavirus treatment
4 years, 7 months ago

Anthony Fauci: Science shows hydroxychloroquine is not effective as a coronavirus treatment

CNN  

Washington CNN — Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that data shows hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for the coronavirus, disputing use of the drug to fight the deadly virus even as President Donald Trump touts it as a potential cure and says he has taken it himself. “The scientific data is really quite evident now about the lack of …

Coronavirus | WHO suspends clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | WHO suspends clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization said on Monday it had temporarily suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloriquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 being carried out across a range of countries as a precautionary measure. Mr. Tedros said that the executive group of the so-called Solidarity Trial, in which hundreds of hospitals across several countries have enrolled patients to test several possible …

May 23, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 7 months ago

May 23, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

It’s not just that hydroxychloroquine doesn’t help Covid-19 patients. A comprehensive study published yesterday in the medical journal The Lancet found that seriously ill Covid-19 patients who were treated with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine were more likely to die or develop irregular heart rhythms. “Our data has very convincingly shown that across the world in a real-world population that this drug …

Hydroxychloroquine linked to deaths, heart risks in COVID-19 study
4 years, 7 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine linked to deaths, heart risks in COVID-19 study

LA Times  

Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine didn’t benefit patients with the coronavirus, either alone or in combination with an antibiotic, according to a study published Friday by the Lancet. Antimalarial drugs that President Trump has touted for treatment of COVID-19 were linked to an increased risk of death and heart ailments in a study. Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine didn’t benefit patients with the coronavirus, …

Coronavirus: UK healthcare workers begin hydroxychloroquine trial
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: UK healthcare workers begin hydroxychloroquine trial

India Today  

British healthcare workers will on Thursday begin taking part in a University of Oxford-led international trial of two anti-malarial drugs to see if they can prevent Covid-19, including one U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking. The 'COPCOV' study will involve more than 40,000 frontline healthcare workers from Europe, Africa, Asia and South America to determine if chloroquine …

Brazil expands use of unproven drug as virus toll rises
4 years, 7 months ago

Brazil expands use of unproven drug as virus toll rises

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro unveiled rules Wednesday expanding the prescription of chloroquine, the predecessor of an anti-malaria drug promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump, for coronavirus patients despite a lack of clinical proof that it is effective. “We are at war: ‘Worse than being defeated is the shame of not having fought.’” More than 291,000 coronavirus cases …

Donald Trump mulls travel ban as Brazil suffers record coronavirus deaths
4 years, 7 months ago

Donald Trump mulls travel ban as Brazil suffers record coronavirus deaths

Live Mint  

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's daily death toll from the new coronavirus jumped to a record 1,179 on Tuesday as President Jair Bolsonaro doubled down on chloroquine as a possible remedy and U.S. leader Donald Trump said he is considering a travel ban from Brazil. Brazil's confirmed cases also jumped by a record 17,408 on Tuesday, for a total of 271,628 …

Donald Trump defends use of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as 'line of defence' against coronavirus
4 years, 7 months ago

Donald Trump defends use of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as 'line of defence' against coronavirus

Firstpost  

After Trump’s repeated touting of hydroxychloroquine as a ‘game-changer’ cure for the virus, the FDA issued an advisory warning that the drug has not been ‘shown to be safe and effective for treating or preventing COVID-19.’ Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his taking antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a line of defence’ against coronavirus. “It is a very …

Fact Check: Are frontline workers taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus?
4 years, 7 months ago

Fact Check: Are frontline workers taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus?

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump made headlines Monday when he voluntarily told reporters that he was taking hydroxychloroquine, which Trump has frequently touted as a “game changer” for coronavirus. The Duke Clinical Research Institute is leading a study to, in part, determine if hydroxychloroquine can successfully prevent coronavirus infections in health care workers with a high risk of infection. …

Bolsonaro touts hydroxychloroquine as Brazil virus crisis deepens
4 years, 7 months ago

Bolsonaro touts hydroxychloroquine as Brazil virus crisis deepens

Al Jazeera  

At least 1,179 deaths recorded on Tuesday as country reports third-highest number of cases behind Russia and US. Brazil’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus jumped to a record 1,179 on Tuesday as President Jair Bolsonaro said the health ministry would issue new guidelines on the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat the illness. Bolsonaro said Interim Health Minister Eduardo …

Doctor’s Note: Hydroxychloroquine – will it cure you or kill you?
4 years, 7 months ago

Doctor’s Note: Hydroxychloroquine – will it cure you or kill you?

Al Jazeera  

Doctors warn against serious, sometimes fatal, side-effects from general use of the drug being promoted by Donald Trump. US President Donald Trump announced this week that he is taking hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic against the coronavirus despite medical warnings against its general use. The man’s wife told US media that they learned about chloroquine – a similar drug to hydroxychloroquine …

Despite FDA warning, Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine
4 years, 7 months ago

Despite FDA warning, Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he has been taking hydroxychloroquine for “a couple of weeks” to help ward off COVID-19 infection. Mr. Trump also said he did not own a company that produced HCQ and wanted Americans to feel good and that the drug has an impact, especially early on. FDA warning The Federal Drug Administration, the U.S.’s drug …

Several US hospitals using hydroxychloroquine in treatment of COVID 19 patients: Report
4 years, 8 months ago

Several US hospitals using hydroxychloroquine in treatment of COVID 19 patients: Report

India TV News  

Several hospitals in the United States continue to use malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 positive patients, a media report said. Medical publication, MDedge on Friday reported that hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug, is currently the first-line therapy and Tocilizumab the second-line medication for people hospitalized with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19 infection in the Yale New Haven Health System, …

US FDA warns against use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

US FDA warns against use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

US states built stockpiles of hydroxychloroquine after it was touted by Trump as a treatment for coronavirus. The United States Food and Drug Administration warned against taking anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, touted by President Donald Trump as a possible treatment for COVID-19, outside of a hospital or formal study on Friday, citing “serious and potentially life-threatening heart rhythm problems“. “While clinical …

Hydroxychloroquine patients take ‘desperate measures’ after Trump’s coronavirus claims
4 years, 8 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine patients take ‘desperate measures’ after Trump’s coronavirus claims

CNN  

Washington CNN — Josie Pearce is preparing to finish her studies at Dartmouth College this spring, but the challenges of remote learning and virtual graduation are the least of her worries. Trump has since shifted his rhetoric toward reopening the country, but vulnerable Americans who rely on hydroxychloroquine are still dealing with the fallout and they’re taking increasingly dangerous steps …

Coronavirus: Bolsonaro fires Brazilian health minister who called for social distancing to contain outbreak
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Bolsonaro fires Brazilian health minister who called for social distancing to contain outbreak

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro …

Malaria drugs fail to help coronavirus patients in controlled studies
4 years, 8 months ago

Malaria drugs fail to help coronavirus patients in controlled studies

LA Times  

Hydroxychloroquine, one of the malaria drugs President Trump hailed as a coronavirus killer, had no beneficial effect for COVID-19 patients when tested in controlled trials. He has ordered the Brazilian army to ramp up its orders of chloroquine and told the public that the malaria drugs “could go down in history as having saved thousands of lives in Brazil.” The …

What is hydroxychloroquine
4 years, 8 months ago

What is hydroxychloroquine

The Hindu  

Hydroxychloroquine is an anti-malarial drug similar to chloroquine, one of the oldest and best-known anti-malarial drugs, but with lesser side-effects. The Indian Council for Medical Research has cleared HCQ to be used as a prophylaxis, or preventive medication, by doctors, nurses and other health staff. U.S. President Donald Trump has been a proponent of its use, calling it a “gamechanger”. …

Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine: Heart risk concerns mount around use for Covid-19 treatment
4 years, 8 months ago

Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine: Heart risk concerns mount around use for Covid-19 treatment

CNN  

CNN — Scientists around the world are continuing to study two drugs – chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine – for their potential as possible treatment approaches for illness caused by the novel coronavirus. “And we really look forward to seeing those data to look at the safety and efficacy of this approach.” World Health Organization officials on Monday said they “eagerly await” …

Brazilian President invokes Ramayana while seeking hydroxychloroquine from India
4 years, 9 months ago

Brazilian President invokes Ramayana while seeking hydroxychloroquine from India

The Hindu  

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking supply of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro invoked ancient Indian epic Ramayana, mentioning the story of how Lord Hanuman brought a holy medicine from the Himalayas to save the life of Lakshmana. “Just as Lord Hanuman brought the holy medicine from the Himalayas to save the life of Lord …

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