Science Fraud: Authors Withdraw Report On Hydroxychloroquine
June 5, 2020
1:41 pm
The authors of published studies on use of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 have retracted their findings.
This was announced Thursday by the Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine.
The retractions come after reports questioned the validity of data used in the studies.
Researchers and third-party reviewers could not verify data supplied to them for the study.
Published May 1, the New England study found COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular disease were at greater risk of death if treated with the drug.
On May 22, the …
