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 world’s largest producer of the drug to make much more of it. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP/CP)

Health

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

John Lorinc