FTC warns another 50 companies over unsubstantiated claims for treatments for COVID-19

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it has sent letters to another 50 companies warning them to stop making unsubstantiated claims that their products can treat or prevent COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. It’s the regulator’s fifth such letter as it works to protect consumers from health-related scams, the FTC said in a statement. Thursday’s batch include “treatments” such as Chinese herbal medications, music…