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Journal pulls scientific paper that popularized hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment
- A COVID study that promoted an unproven treatment has been retracted after a four-year saga.
- The study faced significant scrutiny and criticism from the scientific community throughout its publication.
- Many experts expressed concerns about the implications of promoting unproven treatments during the pandemic.
- The retraction marks the end of an ongoing discussion about the study's impact on COVID treatment.
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Since the study was published in 2020, scientists have pointed to the flawed method and questionable ethics. Three authors are now also taking their hands off the article.
·Netherlands
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Study that promoted Trump's 'miracle drug' as Covid treatment retracted
A controversial study which promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine drug as a treatment for COVID-19 was officially withdrawn from an academic journal. On Tuesday, Elsevier, a Dutch academic publishing company which owns the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, issued a retraction of a study which was conducted in March 2020.
·Mumbai, India
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