Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A harmless sleeping pill becomes medicine’s greatest disaster, maiming thousands, reshaping drug laws, and haunting survivors decades later—this chilling true story reveals how thalidomide changed science, ethics, and trust forever.

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