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The World Health Organization said Monday it had temporarily suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloriquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 being carried out across a range of countries as a precautionary measure.The decision came after publication last week of a study in The Lancet which indicated that using the drug on COVID-19 patients could increase…

Last Updated May 15, 2020 7:06 PM EDT The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has said that no corners will be cut in the search for a coronavirus vaccine. But now, there's encouraging news about a potential vaccine that's now being tested on humans and monkeys. NIH researchers in Montana tested the vaccine…

Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling said that scientists working on a drug trial for famotidine, a common heartburn medication, have "a reasonable confidence" that the drug may make a difference in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. "It's one of many trials we're doing, but we believe in the next two weeks or so we'll have some…

Published: April 27, 2020 at 2:35 a.m. ET A trial in a New York hospital is testing the heartburn medication Pepcid as a treatment for COVID-19, according to a report in Science. Pepcid, a generic drug marketed by Merck MRK, +0.68% and Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.41%, is being tested on 187 COVID-19 patients in…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A new international trial will examine whether a common anti-inflammatory drug known as colchicine could ward off COVID-19 symptoms and potentially prevent the need for hospitalization for some patients.The study, which has the University of California-San Francisco and New York…