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Inmates In Arkansas Prison Given Ivermectin As COVID-19 Treatment

In Arkansas, a doctor is treating inmates suffering from COVID-19 with Ivermectin, a drug that is not recommended by the Food and Drug Administration. The drug has been the source of some misinformation in recent weeks.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong gets the latest from KUAF’s Jacqueline Froelich in Fayetteville.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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