Trump turns up pressure on FDA

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President Trump is ratcheting up pressure on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve treatments and a vaccine for the coronavirus.

The agency on Sunday announced an emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients, following extraordinary sustained attacks on the agency by Trump.

The president on Saturday accused the “deep state” at the FDA of slowing the development of treatments and vaccines before the November election. Continue reading.