The first randomized clinical trial testing hydroxychloroquine as an early treatment for mild covid-19 found the drug was no better than a placebo in patients who were not hospitalized.

Hydroxychloroquine can cause dangerous heart rhythm abnormalities. On April 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned against its use outside a hospital setting or clinical trial ...

A new trial showed that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, touted repeated by the president, did not prevent healthy people from developing covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

The debate over the use of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible prevention method or treatment for COVID-19 was reignited Monday after President Donald Trump said he's been taking ...

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 ...

When word surfaced in March that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine might be beneficial in treating COVID-19, more than 50 clinical trials were quickly set up. Usually, clinical trials involve ...

Despite President Donald Trump’s enthusiasm for the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus, the federal funding powerhouse led by Dr. Anthony Fauci isn’t spending any money on it, and ...

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 ...

After U.S. Food and Drug Administration said hydroxychloroquine doesn't help coronavirus patients, Henry Ford Health System asked permission to use it.

Controversial coronavirus drug hydroxychloroquine administered at 2 nursing homes, senators say Democratic senators want to know what's been done to stop unproven treatment.

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 ...

The political fights around a malaria drug that President Trump says he takes daily have impeded studies into whether it works to prevent coronavirus infection or treat Covid-19 early.