Here's what we know about COVID-19 treatments
A study on remdesivir based in China -- published Wednesday in the medical journal Lancet -- did not show a clear benefit for patients who received the drug. Early reports of an analysis of about 600 patients who received hydroxychloroquine across hospitals in New York did not show a benefit or harm.
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India's coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000
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