FDA Allows Emergency Use Of Drug For Coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP/KDKA) – U.S. regulators will allow 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. The Food and Drug Administration acted Friday after preliminary results from a government-sponsored study showed that the drug remdesivir shortened the time to recovery for hospitalized COVID-19 patients.To date there have been nearly 50,000 coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania, and more than 1,