evidence: Hydroxychloroquine tied to increased risk of death: Study [...] A similar analysis in the US found similar results. That study, funded in part by the US government’s National Institutes of Health, found higher overall mortality in coronavirus patients who took hydroxychloroquine while in Veterans Administration hospitals. It found no benefit and more deaths among those given hydroxychloroquine versus standard care alone. The work was posted online for researchers and has not been reviewed by other scientists. [...] They were very old, almost dead," Trump told reporters Tuesday.