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June 7th, 2020
Hydroxychloroquine Not Effective in Preventing COVID-19 — In Praise of a Negative Clinical Trial
The headlines might read, Malaria Drug Ineffective in Preventing COVID-19 — but that doesn’t do justice to a remarkable clinical trial, just published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Led by Dr. David Boulware at the University of Minnesota, the study asked this question: Does hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) prevent the development of COVID-19 in people […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
Contributing Editor
NEJM Journal Watch
Infectious Diseases
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