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US allows use of 1st drug shown to help virus recovery

by Associated Press
| May 2, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of the first drug that appears to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster, a milestone in the global search for effective therapies against the coronavirus.

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