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hydroxychloroquine

WHO-led trial to study three anti-inflammatory drugs for COVID-19 patients

Updated 11 Aug, 2021 06:29pm

These therapies - artesunate, imatinib and infliximab - were selected by an independent expert panel for their potential in reducing the risk of death in hospitalised COVID-19 patients

Published 01 Aug, 2021 01:16pm

Published 08 Jun, 2021 05:40pm

The scientists behind the trial, which is looking into a range of potential treatments for COVID-19, evaluated aspirin's effects on nearly 15,000 hospitalised patients infected with the novel coronavirus.
In the study, named RECOVERY, a little less than half of the patients were selected at random and given 150mg of aspirin once a day, and the remaining were given usual care alone.

Published 25 Mar, 2021 10:57am

Bolsonaro has softened his position on vaccines under pressure, saying Wednesday's meeting had "unanimously agreed" on the need for mass vaccination.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 09:52am

Kelly's Facebook account -- which also frequently plays down climate change -- had around six million video views and five million interactions in 2020, according to data tool CrowdTangle.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 10:00am

"The idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know. What the evidence, what the science is, and know that's it -- let the science speak -- it is somewhat of a liberating feeling."

Published 10 Jan, 2021 11:27am

On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) is alerted to a cluster of pneumonia cases "of unknown cause" in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

Published 30 Jun, 2020 06:33pm

Published 18 Jun, 2020 07:26pm

A decades-old malaria and rheumatoid arthritis drug, hydroxychloroquine has been at the centre of political and scientific controversy.

Published 05 Jun, 2020 07:48pm

Researchers said 1,542 patients were randomly assigned to hydroxychloroquine and compared with 3,132 patients given standard hospital care alone.

Published 04 Jun, 2020 01:36am

The results of Trump's annual physical found that the 73-year-old president remains healthy but picked up a pound and now weighs 244 pounds.
Trump last month began taking hydroxychloroquine, despite questions about its effectiveness, after two White H

Updated 03 Jun, 2020 10:26am

nearly 150 doctors signed an open letter to the Lancet calling its article’s conclusions into questions.

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