Malaria Drug Shows No Benefit in CCP Virus Study

Malaria Drug Shows No Benefit in CCP Virus Study
An arrangement of hydroxychloroquine pills in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 6, 2020. John Locher/AP Photo
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A new study finds no evidence of benefit from a malaria drug promoted as a treatment for CCP virus infection.

Hydroxychloroquine did not lower the risk of dying or needing a breathing tube in a comparison that involved nearly 1,400 patients treated at Columbia University in New York, researchers reported on May 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine.