Science & technology | The search for a covid-19 treatment

Hydroxychloroquine is embroiled in yet more controversy

And so is the idea of peer review

Jun 13th 2020

ONCE PRAISED as a miracle cure for covid-19, an antimalarial drug called hydroxychloroquine has rarely been out of the headlines since the start of the pandemic. It was hoped it might find a new use as a therapy in patients who are unwell with the novel coronavirus. But in recent weeks a scientific picture has emerged of a treatment that does not appear to be helping patients at all, and might even be causing harm.

This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Testing times”