Lawyer Forces Bogus Drug on Hospitals—and Drives Docs Crazy

Ralph Lorigo has built a potentially lucrative brand as the go-to guy for desperate people willing to buck science in the pandemic's fourth wave. Now doctors are speaking out.

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