The New England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine, for the first time since it was founded in 1812, has taken a stance on a US presidential election. The publication calls, in an editorial, American voters to throw the president out of office.
The editorial reads "When it comes to the response to the largest public health crisis of our time, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent." Although the piece does not name President Donald Trump, or his opponent Joe Biden, it does refer to the Trump administration several times.
A new study concluded that among patients hospitalised with mild-to-moderate Covid-19, the use of hydroxychloroquine did not improve clinical status at 15 days as compared with standard care. The study was conducted by Brazilian researchers and published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
President Jair Bolsonaro advocates the drug as a form of treatment for Covid-19.
In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, German and Norwegian researchers investigated the role that blood type might play in 1,610 patients with particularly severe forms of Covid-19. They concluded patients with blood type A might be twice as likely to require ventilation if infected as people with blood type 0.
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found no evidence of benefit from using Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus infection.
The study that involved 1,376 patients claims the drug did not lower the risk of dying or needing a breathing tube.