Thalidomide: Australia gives national apology to survivors and families

2023-11-29 09:56

The drug - used to treat morning sickness from the 1950s - caused over 10,000 birth defects globally.

Australia's prime minister has given a national apology to survivors of the thalidomide scandal and their families.

It comes over 60 years after the morning sickness drug started causing birth defects in babies globally.

"This apology takes in one of the darkest chapters in Australia's medical...