One option suggests splitting medical assistance funds equally, even though survivors’ disabilities vary greatly ...

A decade after receiving funding from the federal government, thalidomide survivors say it has helped make difficult days ...

But the babies whose mothers took thalidomide in the United States were largely forgotten. Today, more than half a century later, people who believe they are the U.S. survivors of thalidomide have ...

John F. Kennedy presents the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service to Dr. Frances Kelsey in August, 1962, for her role in protecting the public health and averting catastrophic ...