
Politics aside, hydroxychloroquine could (maybe) help fight COVID-19
Editor’s note: On June 4, 2020, three of the authors on a May 22 Lancet paper cited in this story retracted their paper. The study found that taking hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for COVID-19 raised the risk of death. Reports that the study might be based on faulty data provided by a company founded by coauthor Sapan Desai prompted the editors of the Lancet to issue an expression of...