WHO pauses trial of hydroxychloroquine, once touted by Trump as a ‘game changer,’ over safety concerns

For months, President Donald Trump has promoted hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19, calling the anti-malarial drug a “game changer,” asking patients, “What do you have to lose?” – and even announcing that he was taking the drug himself in an attempt to ward off the novel coronavirus. On Monday, however, the World Health […]