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US to spend $3.2B on treatments for COVID-19, other viruses

by Matthew PerroneZeke Miller
| June 20, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to speed development of antiviral pills to treat COVID-19 and other dangerous viruses that could turn into pandemics.

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