Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian doctor and thalidomide hero, dies at 101

Friday, August 7, 2015 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Frances Oldham Kelsey, the Canadian doctor whose vocal opposition to the anti-nausea drug thalidomide helped keep it out of the United States, has died at age 101, CBC News has confirmed.

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