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2026 Conference Registration is closed

We reached capacity and registration for this year’s conference is now closed.

We’re Looking Forward to welcoming everyone to washington, dc – it’s almost here, and we can’t wait to see you!

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We hope you’ll join us for our 2027 Conference—we’d love to see you there!

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Harvard Public Health Magazine reviews Wonder Drug:

Richard J. Tofel, a member of Harvard Public...

WONDER DRUG

by: Jennifer Vanderbes

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THALIDOMIDE IN AMERICA AND ITS HIDDEN VICTIMS

Detailing the previously unreported suspicions raised by the original FDA investigation.

Book cover pictures child with curly blonde hair and no arms using her feet to play with a toy. Wonder Drug: The Secret History Of Thalidomide In America And Its Hidden Victims.

How Many Thalidomide babies Were born in the US?

Every source from 1962 through 2019 has quoted an incorrect number of “thalidomide babies” born in the United States.

- The official FDA count released in the 1960s was seventeen thalidomide babies born in the United States.
  - Nine of them were born to mothers who took samples made by American drug companies.
  - Eight other mothers said they obtained the drug in other countries.
- FDA records investigated by journalist Jennifer Vanderbes suggest that dozens of babies were never identified or officially counted.

There were many more…

Watch Our Documentaries

Thalidomide in the USA: the Forgotten Survivors

by: C. Jean Grover Productions

Thalidomide in the USA: Seeking a Life of Dignity and Independence

by: USA Thalidomide Survivors

News and Stories

USA Thalidomide Survivors’ 6th “Annual” Conference

Our Journey Continues "No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it." - H.E. Luccock Our third trip to Washington D.C. this year proved to be the best yet. We appreciate all who were able to attend and see how far we have come. I think we have...

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Julie Haas: Discovering Herself at 66

Each one of you out there who has friended my FB social media world has known me from a miniscule morsel of my life up to those who now have a mammoth mouthful of who I have been and who I am becoming, for better or worse ;-), depending on who you are and how you have...