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US sends Brazil malaria drug unproven for COVID-19 treatment

| May 31, 2020 2:27 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has sent to Brazil more than 2 million doses of a malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as potentially protecting against and treating the coronavirus, even though scientific evidence has not backed up those uses.

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