LONDON (Reuters) - The government apologised Thursday to sufferers from the thalidomide scandal, half a century after thousands of babies were born with birth defects after their mothers took the ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will issue a national apology to all citizens affected by the "Thalidomide tragedy", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, more than half a century after babies ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Victims of thalidomide said on Saturday an apology from the German inventor of the drug that caused birth defects in thousands of babies around the world was too little too late.

Many therapeutic methods that would be described as absurd today originated from the Middle Ages. Bloodletting, for example, involved draining litres of blood from patients through cuts or the use of ...

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 ...