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A malaria drug President Donald Trump took to try to prevent COVID-19 proved ineffective. (AP Photo)

Hydroxychloroquine can't prevent COVID-19, says new study

Hydroxychloroquine and a similar drug, chloroquine, have been the subject of much debate since Trump started promoting...

4 Jun 2020 11:02 AM IST

A pharmacy tech holds a pill of Hydroxychloroquine at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah. (AFP)

US sends 2 million doses of malaria drug to Brazil for COVID-19...

No large, rigorous scientific studies have found the drug, hydroxychloroquine, safe or effective for preventing or...

1 Jun 2020 9:54 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Nobody likes me: Trump complains about Fauci's popularity

Trump said he and others in his administration deserved praise for their handling of the virus, not just Fauci

29 July 2020 9:35 AM IST

Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro, who is infected with COVID-19, wears a protective face mask as he makes a heart-hand sign to supporters during a Brazilian flag retreat ceremony outside his official residence the Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. (AP)

Brazil's Bolsonaro goes for bike rides, chats up with staff despite...

The far-right leader, who has been called a 'Tropical Trump,' has repeatedly defied social distancing guidelines

24 July 2020 12:44 PM IST

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WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials

Another branch of the WHO-led trial is also looking at the potential effect of Gilead's antiviral drug remdesivir on...

5 July 2020 10:21 AM IST

A medic wearing a PPE conducts COVID-19 rapid antigen testing, in Kolkata, Monday. (PTI)

As COVID-19 cases mount, Centre says it has distributed 3 cr free N95...

The central role of the government has been in strengthening the health infrastructure of the states and Union...

13 Aug 2020 1:34 PM IST

Hydroxychloroquine has long been known to have potentially serious side effects, including altering the heartbeat in a way that could lead to sudden death (Photo | AP)

Hydroxychloroquine study for coronavirus partly stopped as patients...

One-fourth of those assigned to get 600 milligrams twice a day for 10 days developed heart rhythm problems, and trends...

14 April 2020 2:13 PM IST

A doctor from inside a protective chamber collects swab sample of a person at a newly installed Walk-In Sample Kiosk (WISK) for COVID-19 test at a government-run hospital during the nationwide lockdown, in Chennai. PTI photo

Govt warns chemists against OTC sales of drug after people stock up...

India is the world's largest manufacturer of hydroxychloroquine, which is used in the treatment of malaria

14 April 2020 9:38 AM IST

Hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin, which are being considered by some for treating COVID-19, may increase the risk for dangerous abnormal heart rhythms. (Representative Image)

Covid-19: Consignment of hydroxychloroquine reaches US after India...

New Delhi lifted a ban on the export of the drug to America on humanitarian grounds.

12 April 2020 4:35 PM IST

Hydroxychloroquine has suddenly emerged into the strategy to tackle the current Covid-19 pandemic. It is yet unproven in scientific studies but Dr Donald Trump is sure its the cure. (AP)

AA Edit: The Nobel Prize for medicine men

Whoever gets the Prize for peace, no strongman will get it for medicine or economics

10 April 2020 6:03 PM IST

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India ready to help in fight against corona pandemic: PM Modi

The drug has been cited by many as a viable therapeutic solution to fight the coronavirus infection

10 April 2020 12:06 PM IST

Hydroxychloroquine is an anti-malarial drug that has been anecdotally, but not scientifically, linked to treatment of Covid-19. (AP)

AA Edit: India's export of HCQ is humanitarian

Indo-US strategic ties are based on much more than the optics of one drug deal

9 April 2020 1:42 AM IST