# Medical researcher who touted Covid ‘cure’ and won praise from Oz faces ethics scrutiny

https://mins.news/en/item/26388

- The Guardian, 2026-08-19 11:00 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/19/french-medical-researcher-covid-ethics

> A new analysis identified “substantial” ethical and legal concerns in 853 papers from Didier Raoult’s IHU Méditerranée Infection, including 758 co-authored by Raoult. His now-retracted hydroxychloroquine study was praised as a “gamechanger” by Donald Trump and Mehmet Oz, despite scientists’ warnings and a lack of evidence that the drug treated Covid-19.