BOSTON - Malaria drugs pushed by President Donald Trump as treatments for the coronavirus did not help and were tied to a greater risk of death and heart rhythm problems in a new study of nearly 100,000 patients around the world.
Friday’s report in the journal Lancet is not a rigorous test of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, but it is by far the largest look at their use in real world settings, spanning 671 hospitals on six continents. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates “Not only is there no benefit, but we saw a very consistent signal of harm,” said one study leader, Dr.