Hydroxychloroquine Reduces COVID-19 Mortality, Study Finds

Researchers examined records from 352 adults hospitalized in AZ Groeninge Hospital in Kortrijk, Belgium.

A pharmacy technician pours out hydroxychloroquine pills at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah in a file photograph. George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

People who took hydroxychloroquine in combination with another drug while hospitalized with COVID-19 were less likely to die than those who didn’t, according to a new study.

Hydroxychloroquine, which is widely used against malaria and arthritis, was given to hundreds of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Belgium. Thousands of others didn’t receive the drug.