GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 after they failed to reduce mortality. The setback came as the WHO also reported more than 200,000 new cases globally of the disease…
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis (NOVN.S) is halting its trial of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) against COVID-19 after struggling to find participants, it said on Friday, as data emerged from other studies raising doubts about its efficacy. FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist displays a box of Hydroxychloroquine at the CHR Centre Hospitalier Regional de la…
The World Health Organisation has decided to hat trials of hydroxychloroquineWHO says the antimalarial drug is being withdrawn from its multi-country Solidarity Trial of potential treatmentsThe announcement comes two days after the US withdrew emergency use authorisations for both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquineGeneva - The World Health Organisation said it had decided on Wednesday to halt…
WHO has praised China for its eagerness towards the prospect of scientific inquiries into determining the origins of COVID-19. The number of coronavirus cases in Russia has climbed to 353,427, with 8,946 new infections in the past 24 hours. The United States has barred arrivals from Brazil, the country with the second-highest number of cases in the…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The World Health Organization said it will temporarily halt global trials of hydroxychloroquine – the malaria drug President Trump said he was recently taking to prevent the coronavirus infection – and chloroquine after a study showed that hospitalized coronavirus patients taking…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…