VA and Bureau of Prisons are buying hydroxychloroquine [Los Angeles Times (CA)]
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Two major federal agencies are stocking up on hydroxychloroquine, a longtime anti-malarial medication touted by President Trump as a potential “game changer” in the coronavirus pandemic, amid experts’ warnings that its use for COVID-19 is risky and unproven. Federal contracting records show the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons have placed emergency orders for more than $250,000 of hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets from private suppliers over the last two weeks, with both agencies apparently planning to use the drug to treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Enormous controversy has swirled around the drug, typically used to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Amid reports of shortages in the U.S. , Trump threatened “retaliation” against India , a major world supplier, if the nation did not lift its ban on exports of hydroxychloroquine to the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration recently authorized the drug’s experimen
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