The U.S. has more thalidomide survivors than the government admitshttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/nx-s1-5979047/us-thalidomide-survivors-want-recognition-government
In the 1950s and 1960s, doctors gave the drug thalidomide to pregnant patients without telling them — and without FDA approval. Now those patients' children want recognition.
