
Policy & Ethics
How Politics Muddied the Waters on a Promising COVID-19 Treatment
On the eve of the Republican National Convention, Trump pressured the FDA to allow emergency use of convalescent plasma—before the agency was ready to do so
Jeffrey P. Henderson is an associate professor of medicine and molecular microbiology in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University in St Louis. He is a member of the Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research.
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