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Pepcid as a virus remedy? Trump admin's $21M gamble fizzled

by Associated Press
| July 23, 2020 12:03 PM

As the coronavirus began its deadly march through the world, two well-respected American doctors identified a possible but seemingly unlikely remedy: Pepcid, the heartburn medication found on drugstore shelves everywhere.

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