In FDA’s green light for treating COVID-19 with plasma, critics see thin evidence—and politics

In FDA’s green light for treating COVID-19 with plasma, critics see thin evidence—and politics

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/fda-s-green-light-treating-covid-19-plasma-critics-see-thin-evidence-and-politics

At a Sunday press conference, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn (left) had approved an emergency use authorization for using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat new patients with the disease.

Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.

In FDA’s green light for treating COVID-19 with plasma, critics see thin evidence—and politics

Aug 25, 2020, 1:14am UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/fda-s-green-light-treating-covid-19-plasma-critics-see-thin-evidence-and-politics > At a Sunday press conference, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn (left) had approved an emergency use authorization for using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat new patients with the disease. > Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.