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COVID Patients are Crossing State and International Lines to get Treatment From This Houston Doctor

by LaToya HenryJanuary 19, 2022January 11, 2023

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He first made headlines for working more than 280 days straight at the start of the pandemic and today Dr. Joseph Varon is still counting.

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