Hydroxychloroquine is safe for designated treatments such as malaria, lupus and arthritis The drug US President Donald Trump said he was taking to ward off Covid-19 actually increases the risk of patients with the disease dying from it, a study in the Lancet has found.The study said there were no…
A bottle of hydroxychloroquine pillsPhoto: Here’s our roundup of the latest developments and research into covid-19, including more insight into its deadly effects on the body, how ready U.S. states are for reopening, and a massively disappointing result for two potential treatments that were once hailed as “game-changers” by President Trump.More bad news for…
Photo: Evan Vucci/John Locher (AP)Donald Trump is taking unproven coronavirus treatment hydroxychloroquine as as a preventative against the virus, according to Donald Trump.The president, in addition to floating bleach injections and blasting UV light into the body as other dubious possibilities for SARs-CoV-2 treatment, has flouted scientific caution and repeatedly declared hydroxychloroquine a possible “miracle”…
I hate to toot my own respirator, but I totally scooped the world on the story about President Trump taking hydroxychloroquine.I deduced last month that he was taking high doses of the anti-malarial drug, because he was showing obvious side effects of the hydroxychloroquine cocktail he had been touting: Confusion. Aggression. Unusual behavior. Unsteadiness. Paranoia.…
“After numerous discussions he and I had for and against the use of hydroxychloroquine we concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks,” White House physician Sean P. Conley wrote. He said Trump continues to test negative for the virus.In announcing his decision to take the controversial drug, Trump offered only anecdotal testimonials…
CLOSE A Los Angeles County test is looking for pivotal information about whether people can develop immunity that helps them fight off future infections. USA TODAYCompanies are lining up to market an emerging type of blood test to detect whether a person has ever had the novel coronavirus. These antibody tests could be critical to…
