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Trial of malaria drug to treat coronavirus in Brazil stopped by heart fears

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Scientists in Brazil have stopped part of a study of a malaria drug touted as a possible coronavirus treatment after heart rhythm problems developed in one-quarter of people given the higher of two doses being tested. Chloroquine and a newer, similar drug called hydroxychloroquine, have been pushed by President Donald Trump after some early tests … Read more

Major US drug company unwittingly became ‘super spreader’ after executives took infected 99 people

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Major US drug company unwittingly became a ‘super spreader’ after executives attending the annual leadership meeting took coronavirus home to SIX states and infected 99 people Executives at Biogen attended an annual leadership meeting in Massachusetts Employees unwittingly took coronavirus to six states and infected 99 people First case of COVID-19 in Tennessee and the first two … Read more