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A chemist displays hydroxychloroquine tablets in Mumbai, India, on May 19, 2020. Trump's previous endorsement of hydroxychloroquine catalyzed a tremendous shift in the country, spurring the worlds largest producer of the drug to make much more of it. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP/CP)

The incalculable rise of hydroxychloroquine

Trump endorsing hydroxychloroquine to ward off COVID-19, offers a stark lesson in how science, social media, politics and global supply chains have collided during the coronavirus crisis

A researcher works on a COVID-19 vaccine at Copenhagen's University research lab in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 23, 2020 (THIBAULT SAVARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Is it right for doctors to deny patients unproven anti-COVID-19 therapies?

Dr. Raiyan Chowdhury: The coronavirus crisis is a threat that needs urgent answers, but those answers cannot come fast enough for those who are sick right now

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How does Canada’s clinical trials database measure up?

Julia Belluz on what that the project means for health transparency

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Health Canada responds to questions about hidden clinical trial data

Timeline for web-based listing remains unclear

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Dear Leona Aglukkaq: Researchers write the health minister on clinical trials

Letters detail the downside of a ’web-based listing’

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Saskatchewan goes rogue on CCSVI clinical trials

Brad Wall: ’It’s a good day in the province of Saskatchewan’