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    Politics Around Hydroxychloroquine Hamper Science

    Some scientists think this drug has promise for COVID-19. But controversy around the drug is complicating the job of scientists, who just want to find answers.
    by Will Stone May 21, 2020 5 minutes
    Hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to prevent malaria and treat certain autoimmune conditions, is being studied to treat or prevent COVID-19.

    Publicity around the drug hydroxychloroquine spiked this week when President Donald Trump revealed that he's taking it to prevent COVID-19.

    All the attention on the drug in recent months is increasingly spilling into science, and making it harder for some researchers to actually study whether the drug has potential for COVID-19.

    Doctors have used hydroxychloroquine for decades to treat auto-immune conditions and to prevent malaria.

    While the Food and Drug Administration has given emergency use authorization for doctors to try the treatment on COVID-19 patients, the agency has also cautioned about its possibly deadly side effects.

    On Wednesday, the executive director of the World Health Organization's emergencies program, Dr. Mike Ryan other leading medical experts, saying at a press briefing that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have "yet to be found effective in the treatment of COVID-19" or for

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