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
Stories by Michael S. Kinch
Michael S. Kinch is associate vice chancellor, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics and director of the Centers for Research Innovation in Biotechnology and Drug Discovery at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of Between Hope and Fear: A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity (Pegasus Books, 2018) and two other books.
