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Rudy Giuliani taking hydroxychloroquine to fend off COVID-19 despite safety concerns

October 8, 2020
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NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani will apparently never get off the hydroxychloroquine train.

The ex-New York mayor told the New York Daily News on Wednesday that he’s taking the anti-malarial drug as a preventative measure against COVID-19 — even though U.S. regulators advise against it over concerns that the medication can cause serious side effects.

Giuliani, 76, stressed that he has tested negative for the virus several times in the past few days, but said his doctor recommended the hydroxychloroquine regimen since he spent considerable time last week with President Donald Trump and others who have since tested positive.

“All negative so far and no symptoms but I am taking hydroxychloroquine and zinc as a prophylactic,” said Giuliani, who’s these days best known as Trump’s combative personal lawyer. “A study in Italy showed exceptional results.”

Despite Giuliani’s claim that he’s not experiencing symptoms, a source familiar with the matter told

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Donald Trump Should Take Hydroxychloroquine, GOP Lawmaker Andy Biggs Says

October 3, 2020
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Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) urged President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to take hydroxychloroquine while wishing them well after they were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday.



a man wearing a suit and tie: President Donald Trump points at the "MAGA" face mask of Rep. Andy Biggs as the pair meet in Yuma, Arizona on August 18, 2020.

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President Donald Trump points at the “MAGA” face mask of Rep. Andy Biggs as the pair meet in Yuma, Arizona on August 18, 2020.

Biggs advised the president and first lady to take the malaria medication for COVID-19 against current advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and an overwhelming majority of medical experts who say it is not an effective treatment for the virus.

“I send my best wishes and prayers to President @realDonaldTrump & @FLOTUS for quick recoveries from COVID-19,” Biggs tweeted while sharing a video message. “I encourage them to take hydroxychloroquine to assist with their recoveries, & I am confident that they will be resuming their normal routines in the very near future.”

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Study shows hydroxychloroquine did not prevent coronavirus in health care workers

October 1, 2020
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A new study has found that hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug that President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump signs bill averting shutdown after brief funding lapse Privacy, civil rights groups demand transparency from Amazon on election data breaches Facebook takes down Trump campaign ads tying refugees to coronavirus MORE said he took to ward off coronavirus, did not prevent COVID-19 among health care workers.

The study, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, was conducted at two urban hospitals between April 9-July 13 among 132 full-time health care workers exposed to the virus. However, the trial was ended early.

Some participants were given 600 mg daily doses of hydroxychloroquine while others were given a placebo for eight weeks.

“There was no significant difference in infection rates in participants randomized to receive hydroxychloroquine compared with placebo,” the researchers from the University of Pennsylvania wrote.

Four of the 64 healthcare workers who

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Trump-touted hydroxychloroquine shows no benefit in COVID-19 prevention: study

October 1, 2020
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(Reuters) – A malaria drug taken by U.S. President Donald Trump to prevent COVID-19 did not show any benefit versus placebo in reducing coronavirus infection among healthcare workers, according to clinical trial results published on Wednesday.

The study largely confirms results from a clinical trial in June that showed hydroxychloroquine was ineffective in preventing infection among people exposed to the new coronavirus.

Trump began backing hydroxychloroquine early in the pandemic and told reporters in May he started taking the drug after two White House staffers tested positive for COVID-19. Studies have found the drug to offer little benefit as a treatment.

In the study of 125 participants, four who had taken hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment for eight weeks contracted COVID-19, and four on placebo tested positive for the virus.

All eight were either asymptomatic or had mild symptoms that did not require hospitalization, according to the results published in

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Hydroxychloroquine didn’t protect health care workers from coronavirus, study shows

September 30, 2020
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Another study is warning against President Trump’s debunked coronavirus treatment.

Despite being studied as an early coronavirus treatment, studies have found the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine ineffective and even dangerous when used to fight coronavirus. A study published Wednesday added to that evidence, finding that the drug was ineffective in preventing health care workers from contracting coronavirus.

For the study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania focused on 125 health care workers. Some of them received hydroxychloroquine for eight weeks from April to July, while others got a placebo. Throughout that time, four of the 64 workers who got the drug ended up with COVID-19, while four of the 61 who got the placebo did as well. Six of those who tested positive developed coronavirus symptoms, but none needed to be hospitalized. As a result, the researchers said they “cannot recommend the routine use of

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