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US allows emergency use of drug shown to help virus recovery
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WASHINGTON – U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster.
It is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19, which has killed more than 237,000 people worldwide. The FDA said in a statement that Gilead Science’s intravenous drug would be specifically indicated for hospitalized patients with “severe disease,” such as those experiencing breathing problems requiring supplemental oxygen or ventilators.
President Donald Trump announced the news at the White House alongside Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn. “This was lightning speed in terms of getting something approved” said Hahn, calling the drug “an
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COVID-19
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Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Deaths: 459 652
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