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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. FDA records investigated by journalist Jennifer Vanderbes suggest that dozens of babies were never identified or officially counted.
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.
There were many more. In 2023, Random House released WONDER DRUG: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THALIDOMIDE IN AMERICA AND ITS HIDDEN VICTIMS, detailing the previously unreported suspicions raised by the original FDA investigation.
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A few of approximately 100 SURVIVORs we have located since 2016
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Bonnie: born in Illinois in 1962
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JoJo: born in New York in 1962
![Jean-baby-adult-2023](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Jean-baby-adult-2023.jpg)
Jean: born in Ohio in 1962
![Thalidomide Baby born in the U.S. Thalidomide Baby born in the U.S.](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/us-thalidomide-baby-4.jpg)
Gwen: born in Ohio in 1962
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Darren: born in Missouri in 1962
![Thalidomide Baby born in the U.S. Thalidomide Baby born in the U.S.](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/us-thalidomide-baby-6.jpg)
Kim: born in Pennsylvania in 1959
![Jan-baby-adult](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Jan-baby-adult.jpg)
Jan: born in Oklahoma in 1962
![Tawana-baby-adult](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Tawana-baby-adult.jpg)
Tawana: born in North Carolina in 1963
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Gianna: born on a US Military Base in 1962
![John-baby-adult-2023 Thalidomide baby born in the U.S. 1962](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/John-baby-adult-2023.jpg)
John: born in Mississippi in 1959
![Thalidomide baby born in the U.S. 1962 Thalidomide baby born in the U.S. 1962](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/terrie-baby-adult.jpg)
Terrie: born in 1964
![Bobbie-baby-adult-2023 Thalidomide baby born in the U.S. 1962](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Bobbie-baby-adult-2023.jpg)
Bobbie:
![Leslie-baby-adult-2023 Thalidomide baby born in the U.S. 1962](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Leslie-baby-adult-2023.jpg)
Leslie: born in Maryland, 1959
![Marta-Carlson-baby-adult-2023 Thalidomide baby born in the U.S. 1962](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Marta-Carlson-baby-adult-2023.jpg)
Marta: born in New York in 1961
![Randall-baby-adult-2023 Thalidomide baby born in the U.S. 1962](https://usthalidomide.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Randall-baby-adult-2023.jpg)
Randall: born on a US military base, Madrid, Spain, 1958
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Steve: born in New Jersey, 1962
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