The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Saturday that it will suspend its trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and HIV treatment lopinavir / ritonavir in hospitalized patients with the coronavirus after the results showed that the drugs did not reduce rates. of mortality. “These interim trial results show that hydroxychloroquine …
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FILE PHOTO: The drug hydroxychloroquine is displayed by a pharmacist at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, USA, May 27, 2020. REUTERS / George Frey / File Photo GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday it would suspend its trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the …
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The World Health Organization was alerted to the coronavirus crisis by its own office in China, and not by local authorities, according to reports, as worldwide cases of Covid-19 passed 11 million and infections in the US increased by another 53,000. The UN health agency has been accused by the …
Read More »WHO sees first results of COVID drug trials in two weeks
GENEVA / LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon obtain results of clinical trials it is carrying out on drugs that could be effective in treating patients with COVID-19, its Director said on Friday. General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), …
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FILE PHOTO: Members of the Italian army wearing protective masks verify a driver’s permission to enter the Turano Lodigiano red zone, closed due to an outbreak of coronavirus in northern Italy, in Turano Lodigiano, Italy, February 26, 2020. REUTERS / Yara Nardi / File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – A study …
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