WHO continues hydroxychloroquine trial after UK test halts

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The World Health Organization is continuing its clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine, after British scientists halted a large trial that had been ...

FILE PHOTO: The drug hydroxychloroquine, pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump and others in recent months as a possible treatment to people infected with the coronavirus disease , is displayed at the Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S. May 27, 2020.

"There are two distinct trials with their own protocols, their own oversight committees. Therefore we will continue for now," Soumya Swaminathan, the WHO's chief scientist, told an online news briefing when asked about the British trial halt."Our committee will consider the data that becomes available ...

 

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