Missouri lawmaker indicted for selling fake stem cell treatment for COVID-19

A Missouri state representative has been accused of administering bogus stem cell treatments that she claimed could potentially cure COVID-19 and other ailments, prosecutors said. Patricia Ashton Derges, 63, was charged in a 20-count indictment for promoting and administering the supposed “regenerative” treatments at her Ozark Valley Medical Clinic locations, the US Attorney’s Office for the…