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The U.S. has more thalidomide survivors than the government admits
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. NPR News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 26 Sept 2026, 09:00 UTC. The headline in use is “The U.S. has more thalidomide survivors than the government admits”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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.
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The U.S. has more thalidomide survivors than the government admits
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