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The World Health Organization (WHO) published its clear assessment of the anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine in the medical journal 'BMJ.' 

WHO experts recommend not using Hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19 

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On NBC's Meet the Press, Adm. Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary of health and overseer of the virus testing effort, said it is time to "move on." He said: "There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to Hydroxychloroquine."

Fact check: White House official says hydroxychloroquine doesn't help treat COVID-19

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The Food and Drug Administration cautions that hydroxychloroquine can hurt people. It increases the risk of an irregular heartbeat, which can lead to cardiac arrest. But President Trump recently dismissed dismiss research that cast doubt on whether the drug does any good against COVID-19.



Fact check: Trump says patients in 'bad' hydroxychloroquine study were 'almost dead'

PolitiFact: False

The World Health Organization has temporarily halted studying hydroxychloroquine as a potential Covid-19 treatment due to safety concerns, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday.

WHO temporarily pauses hydroxychloroquine study due to safety concerns

Seriously ill Covid-19 patients who were treated with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine were more likely to die or develop dangerous irregular heart rhythms, according to a large observational study published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet.

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Monday the state received nearly a million doses of Plaquenil -- a drug people take for Lupus.

COVID-19  A NORTH CAROLINA. HERE'S A LOOK AT NUMBERS COUNTY- BY-COUNTY. MECKLENBURG COUNTY LEADS THE WAY WITH 740. WAKE COUNTY HAS 317 CASES. DURHAM COUNTY, 191. >>> SOME GOOD NEWS TONIGHT FOR THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH LUPUS, ARTHRITIS. YES, EVEN COVID-19. TODAY, THE STATE RECEIVED 1 MILLION DOSES OF A DRUG CALLED -- IT IS A DRUG THAT IS IN SHORT SUPPLY. HIGH DEMAND. I STILL WAKE UP, 5:30 A.M. I DO A WORKOUT BUT EITHER I OR YOGA. >> Reporter: LAURA LIVES A LIFE FILLED WITH MANY THINGS. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS LIFESAVING DRUG COMMONLY KNOWN AS PLAQUENIL. >> IT IS A DRUG THAT PEOPLE TAKE FOR LUPUS. >> Reporter: IT IS A DRUG SOME DOUBT AS A POSSIBLE TREATMENT FOR COVID-19. CONCERNED SOME PEOPLE MAY HOARD THE DRUG TO TREAT THE VIRUS DOWN THE ROAD. >> PEOPLE ARE GETTING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR PEQUENO WHEN THEY EITHER DON'T REALLY NEEDED OR THIS IS KIND OF NOT NECESSARY THAT WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT. >> IS A VALID CONCERN? >> YES. IT IS VERY MUCH A VALID CONCERN. >> Reporter: WRAL PHOTOJOURNALIST RICHARD  ATKINS SPOKE WITH THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE A NORTH CAROLINA LUPUS FOUNDATION. SHE REESE'S POSTED A FACEBOOK VIDEO SUPPORTING THOSE WITH THE DISEASE. >> IT IS SUCH A SCARY TIME FOR, I THINK ALL OF US. >> Reporter: SHE IS EXPLAINING HOW PHARMACIES ARE WORKING TO PROTECT THE SUPPLY OF THE LIFESAVING DRUG. >> SO FOR INSTANT, IF THERE WAS A BRAND-NEW PRESCRIPTION AND AN EXISTING PRESCRIPTION WOULD GET PRIORITY OF GETTING A REFILL. >> Reporter: BUT FOR THOSE WHO WERE SICK TO HOSPITALS OR NURSING HOMES WITH COVID-19, THE STATE WILL USE NEARLY 1 MILLION PILLS THEY JUST RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL STOCKPILE. >> SO IT WILL FREE UP THE SUPPLY CHAIN TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THOSE LUPUS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS OR ANYONE WHO IS TAKING IT FOR A CHRONIC CONDITION. >> Reporter: THEY CONDITION THAT COULD BE FATAL FOR LAUREN BRILL LAND WITHOUT THESE LITTLE PILLS. >> JUST OVERALL IMPROVES MY QUALITY OF LIFE. >> ABOUT 53,000 NORTH CAROLINA IS HAVE LUPUS. THE FOUNDATION RECOMMENDS PEOPLE WITH A PICTURE. FOR IT CONTACT THEIR PHARMACIES

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