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Pennsylvania treasurer leads calls to lower price of remdesivir

Remdesivir, originally intended as a treatment for Ebola, was developed with $70 million in taxpayer funds.

By An-Li Herring/WESA

In spring, Trump halted research key to COVID-19 drug he’s now taken

In April the National Institutes of Health abruptly terminated funding for the China bat research project with no clear explanation.

By NPR

How feds decide on remdesivir shipments to states remains mysterious

Doctors around the country say they still don’t fully understand HHS’s system for distributing the drug.

By NPR

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