Adding Zinc to Malaria Drug Mix May Help Covid-19 Patients Heal

Adding zinc to a cocktail of medicines touted by President Donald Trump may help Covid-19 patients survive and recover enough to be sent home from the hospital, according to researchers in New York City.

Zinc sulphate, a dietary supplement that many people use to fight off colds, has become an off-the-shelf option some doctors and hospitals have used to help battle the novel coronavirus that continues to spread globally. Doctors at NYU Grossman School of Medicine examined patient records at four hard-hit medical centers in the city and on Long Island to see if they could determine whether it held ...