The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 4, 2020 Study Finds Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Protect Against Coronavirus Infection ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- An antimalarial drug touted by President Trump as a curative for COVID-19 has been found no better than a placebo at protecting people exposed to the coronavirus. That's according to a study published by The New England Journal of Medicine - the largest and most scientifically rigorous study of the drug to date. .