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Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey

The doctor who saved a generation of children did it by saying one simple word: no.When the sedative thalidomide swept through Europe in the late 1950s, it was praised as safe, modern, and perfect for easing morning sickness. Drug companies rushed to expand its market, and by 1960 an American manufacturer submitted it to the […]