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The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

Update: 2024-11-12
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In refusing to approve the drug thalidomide, FDA scientist Frances Oldham Kelsey spared thousands of babies from deadly birth defects and revolutionized drug research. But was her legacy all good?



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The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”

Sam Kean