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The U.S. has more thalidomide survivors than the government admits

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Advocates claim the U.S. has more thalidomide survivors than officially recognized. The drug was administered to pregnant women without FDA approval in the 1950s and 1960s.

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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