NPR Coronavirus Updates

FDA Removes Top Spokesperson After Blood Plasma Blunder

By Joe Neel
Published August 28, 2020 at 4:15 PM MDT
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Emily Miller was central in defending the FDA commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, after he falsely said that blood plasma could lower the death rate from COVID-19 by more than a third.

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Joe Neel
Joe Neel is NPR's deputy senior supervising editor and a correspondent on the Science Desk.
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