Obama Says ‘Premature’ To Fast-Track Ebola Treatment

The Hill: Obama: ‘Premature’ to fast-track Ebola drug
“President Obama said Wednesday that it was ‘premature’ to fast-track an experimental Ebola drug for approval even amid a deadly outbreak of the disease in Africa. ‘I think we’ve got to let the science guide us,’ Obama said at a press conference at the U.S.-Africa Summit in Washington, arguing that more testing needed to be done…” (Sink, 8/6).

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