What is a clinical trial? A health policy expert explains

The only way to know if a medical treatment actually works is with a randomized-controlled trial.

Zoe McLaren, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
May 13, 2020 • ~6 min

Coronavirus: scientists promoting chloroquine and remdesivir are acting like sports rivals

A simple head-to-head trial would resolve this conflict once and for all.

Jeremy Howick, Director of the Oxford Empathy Programme, University of Oxford • conversation
May 11, 2020 • ~7 min

We found and tested 47 old drugs that might treat the coronavirus: Results show promising leads and a whole new way to fight COVID-19

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, identified nine existing drugs that show promise to treat COVID-19. The proteins they target haven't been tried before.

Nevan Krogan, Professor and Director of Quantitative Biosciences Institute & Senior Investigator at the Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
April 30, 2020 • ~10 min

Coronavirus treatments: what drugs might work against COVID-19?

Coronavirus drug trials are underway – a virologist explains what the treatment options may be.

Connor Bamford, Research Fellow, Virology, Queen's University Belfast • conversation
April 16, 2020 • ~6 min

Coronavirus research done too fast is testing publishing safeguards, bad science is getting through

Researchers, scientific journals and health agencies are doing everything they can to speed up coronavirus research. The combination of pace and panic during this pandemic is causing mistakes.

Irving Steinberg, Dean for Faculty, USC School of Pharmacy; Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy & Pediatrics, School of Pharmacy & Keck School of Medicine of USC; Director, Division of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, Dept of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Med • conversation
April 9, 2020 • ~9 min

In the rush to innovate for COVID-19 drugs, sound science is still essential

To battle the coronavirus, strong regulatory protection from the FDA is essential.

Keith Joiner, Professor of Medicine, Economics and Health Promotions Science, University of Arizona • conversation
April 8, 2020 • ~9 min

A small trial finds that hydroxychloroquine is not effective for treating coronavirus

The president promoted the combination of hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic for treating COVID-19. But a new study suggests it provides no benefits.

Katherine Seley-Radtke, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and President-Elect of the International Society for Antiviral Research, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
April 3, 2020 • ~5 min

No, cinchona bark is not a cure for coronavirus

Cinchona bark, the flavouring in tonic water, is not a natural source of chloroquine.

Nataly Olivia A Canales, PhD Fellow in Evolutionary Genomics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen • conversation
March 31, 2020 • ~5 min

Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine: no proof these anti-malarial drugs prevent novel coronavirus in humans

Taking these drugs to treat COVID-19 without medical advice has caused poisonings and death.

Parastou Donyai, Professor and Director of Pharmacy Practice, University of Reading • conversation
March 26, 2020 • ~7 min

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