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Dr. Frances Kelsey and Thalidomide - Catholic Insight

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On this August 7th, back in 1962, Frances Oldham Kelsey, a Canadian-American physician/pharmacologist (who hailed from bucolic and beautiful Cobble Hill, on Vancouver Island, in which area I have spent some very pleasant time amongst friends) was awarded the President’s Award for Distinguished Civilian Service by John F. Kennedy. For what, you ask? Working for the Food and Drug Administration – one of the first women to do so – she refused to au…
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Catholic Insight broke the news in on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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