Months After #MeToo, Millions Still Searching Online For Help Against Sexual Violence
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: John W. Ayers, PhD, MA Vice Chief of Innovation | Assoc. Professor Div. Infectious Disease & Global Public Health University of California San Diego Vice Chief of Innovation | Assoc. Professor Div. Infectious Disease & Global Public Health University of California San Diego MedicalResearch.com: What is the...
Trump Says He Has Been Taking Hydroxychloroquine "Every Day"
No description available President Donald Trump has claimed that he's been taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine every day in an effort to avoid contracting coronavirus. But last month, the Food and Drug Administration warned against the use of the medication for COVID-19, saying that it's linked to serious heart problems....
Covid-19: When the President Speaks, People Listen, and Google Answers
When presidents and other leaders or experts speak, people listen. Worse, they sometimes act as in the case of a man in Arizona who drank fish tank cleaner that contained chloroquine after President Donald Trump called the combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin “one of the biggest game changers in the...
HCQ, the Immune System, and COVID-19: Unanswered Questions
Using hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to treat COVID-19 has been surrounded by more hype than data, with too little known about how the virus affects the immune system, investigators said. "[T]he known and potent immunomodulatory effects of [HCQ and its close cousin chloroquine] which support their use in the treatment of autoimmune...
High-profile coronavirus drug speculation fires up internet searches
Internet searches for purchasing hydroxychloroquine, a drug commonly used to treat malaria, jumped 1,389 percent after high-profile claims were made that it could fight COVID-19, a new study shows. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine , examined internet searchers originating from the U.S. that included certain search terms, including...
Trump, Musk boosted online interest in antimalarial drugs, study finds
The number of deaths in the U.S. totaled more than 60,000 as of Wednesday evening, according to NBC News' tally, while the global death toll climbed over 226,000, according to Johns Hopkins University . The growing U.S. death toll hasn't prevented some states from relaxing their lockdowns, including Florida ,...
Column: The COVID-19 crisis shows how dangerous misinformation becomes contagious
In olden times, it was fairly easy to identify the sources of misinformation and cultural ignorance: They were either commercial entities that profited from misleading the public, such as tobacco companies, or conspiracy theorists and other inhabitants of the lunatic fringe. "When it comes to misinformation, I normally tell people...
Coronavirus: 'Troublesome' spike in searches for unproven drugs endorsed by Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2020. - Trump spoke about supporting small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic through the Paycheck Protection Program. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Scientists...
Google searches for hydroxychloroquine surged after endorsements from Trump and Elon Musk
Internet searches for two anti-malaria drugs soared after high-profile endorsements from President Donald Trump and Elon Musk as potential treatments for the novel coronavirus, a new study finds. Because there are no treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), people may end up searching for unproven therapies....