Journal of Health & Medical Informatics

Special Issue: Is hydroxychloroquine an effective drug to treat COVID-19?

The Journal of Health & Medical Informatics is an academic journal that encompasses a wide range of current research on Applied Medical Informatics, Biomedical Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Consumer Health Informatics, Dental Informatics, Health Care Records, Hospital Informatics, Mental Health Informatics, Advances in Health Care Technology and offers a promising platform for the authors to make their valuable contributions towards the journal.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.

The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so it’s important that you also practice respiratory etiquette (for example, by coughing into a flexed elbow).

At this time, there are no specific vaccines or treatments for COVID-19. However, there are many ongoing clinical trials evaluating potential treatments in between hydroxychloroquine a drug use to treat malaria is been used to treat patients affected with COVID-19.