You bet your life : from blood transfusions to mass vaccination, the long and risky history of medical innovation / Paul A. Offit.

"Four months into the coronavirus pandemic, as the death count surged, the FDA made a risky decision: it approved an anti-malarial drug as a treatment for coronavirus, despite limited data on its efficacy or side effects. A month later, the FDA withdrew its recommendation, but by then, the dama...

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