Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Morton Mintz in 1971 - Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post via Getty Images Morton Mintz, who has died aged 103, was the ...
A drug once denounced for causing birth defects seems to be a promising tool in the fight against a form of blood cancer, In a late-stage study involving 270 patients, researchers looked at whether ...
Thalidomide, a sedative sold by a German drugmaker, was said to relieve everything from anxiety to morning sickness, but it led to perhaps the greatest pharmaceutical scandal ever. About 10,000 babies ...
Mary Clarken said: 'Everybody knows that healing can only properly begin with an apology' ...
LONDON -- The British government apologized yesterday to people who were harmed in the womb when their mothers took the anti-nausea drug Thalidomide.The government recently agreed to give $33 million ...
The Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) committee will meet Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris on Wednesday evening in Government Buildings, following demands for an apology.