The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorisation for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, but quickly came under fire from US President Donald Trump, who said only US agencies have failed to grasp its benefit in fighting the coronavirus. Based on new evidence, the FDA said it was no longer reasonable...

Researchers have used an optical mapping system to demonstrate how the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which has been promoted as a potential treatment for COVID-19, creates serious disturbances in the electrical signals that govern heartbeat. According to the scientists, including those from Georgia Institute of Technology in the US, the findings shed light on how the...

The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has said that there are no major side-effects of hydroxychloroquine and people who have been prescribed this medicine can continue to take it under strict medical supervision. The statement by the ICMR comes a day after the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that it had “temporarily” suspended clinical...

A revised government advisory has recommended use of hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medication for asymptomatic healthcare workers working in non-COVID-19 hospitals, frontline staff on surveillance duty in containment zones, and paramilitary/police personnel involved in coronavirus infection-related activities. As was mentioned in the earlier advisory, the drug against the...

US President Donald Trump has said he has been taking anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure against coronavirus. “I have been taking it (hydroxychloroquine) for about a week and a half,” Trump told reporters at the White House, asserting that he has zero symptoms of the deadly COVID-19, which has killed over 90,000 Americans...

Reeling under severe health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic, nations worldwide are busy finding a way out to combat the deadly virus which has already claimed 175,000 lives globally. Efforts are being made across the world to find a vaccine against COVID-19 but there a serious question mark over the way they are going...

India has agreed to send hydroxychloroquine tablets to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to be used for treating COVID-19 patients, the UAE’s embassy in New Delhi said. Last month, the Centre put a ban on exports as sales soared to secure domestic supplies as US President Donald Trump touted the drug as a potentially effective...

People in Gujarat have been consuming and stocking up hydroxychloroquine, being touted as a ‘game-changer’ in the fight against coronavirus, prompting the state government to issue a warning against its health hazards and a directive to chemists not to sell it over the counter. India is the world’s largest manufacturer of hydroxychloroquine, which is used...

The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Friday posted an advisory on Twitter released earlier by the health ministry on the use of hydroxychloroquine as treatment for patients suffering from coronavirus disease COVID-19. The advisory is based on the recommendation of the taskforce constituted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The advisory recommends not...

After US President Donald Trump heaped praise on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing the export of key drugs related to COVID-19 pandemic from India, it seems PM Modi is getting praise from several world leaders and diplomats for India’s noble gestures in this hour of crisis. Fully agree with you President @realDonaldTrump. Times...

The Union Health Ministry on Thursday dispelled concerns over the availability of personal protective gear (PPE) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets in India. Addressing the daily presser, Health Ministry’s joint secretary Lav Aggarwal said that the fear around the dearth of PPEs was unfounded and misguided. He said that contrary to popular belief, PPE does not...

As many as 10 drugs are currently under clinical trial in the US as part of the administration’s “unprecedented” effort to find a therapeutic solution to the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump has said. In the absence of either a vaccine or a drug, the novel coronavirus has claimed more than 88,500 lives and...