Writing books, plays & NBC TV. NEH Public Scholar. Out Now: WONDER DRUG: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America & Its Hidden Victims (Random House).
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Former @washingtonpost reporter Morton Mintz - 101 YEARS OLD - turned out at @PoliticsProse yesterday for my launch event for #WONDERDRUG: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims. Mintz broke the thalidomide story in 1962! @WMEBooks @USThalidomide
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In her book Wonder Drug, Jennifer Vanderbes explores the history of thalidomide’s secret history—and harms—in the U.S. trib.al/fRQkhq9
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Two @SloanPublic grantees in one!
Sloan author @jvanderbes discusses the subject of her book, Frances Kelsey & her refusal to approve thalidomide after discovering its disastrous side effects, with@katiehafner on Sloan podcast@LostWomenofSci
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Thrilled by this amazing work by @USThalidomide survivors last week in DC!
@Congressman_JVD Jefferson Van Drew (R, NJ) is working toward building a bipartisan coalition for a House Bill to assist USA Thalidomide Survivors to live with dignity and independence. #WONDERDRUG @USThalidomide @jvanderbes #thalidomide
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The next big crisis that would confront the FDA was thalidomide.
The story of thalidomide is amazing, scary, incredible, and very complicated. I HIGHLY recommend the book 'Wonder Drug' by @jvanderbes if you want to do a deep dive
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Novelist, @jvanderbes, discusses the secret history of thalidomide in America on The Open Mind.
Watch the full episode here:
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#Science #Reading #Pharmaceutical
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Check out the latest @SloanPublic ad in @nybooks honoring the recipients of Sloan book awards whose books were published in 2023: @drcrj @debcha @aleatorico @ElizabethaRush @drsrbayer @qeastman @jvanderbes @jaimealyse @RichardConniff @lesliestebbins & @dan_levitt!
Thrilled to appear on PBS this week discussing #WONDERDRUG: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims. @USThalidomide #thalidomide
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Totally blown away by the #Australian government’s apology to #thalidomide survivors.
@USThalidomide @jvanderbes @cjeangrover
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Looking for something fabulous to read? Wonder Drug by @jvanderbes is a masterpiece! Chronicles in depth the tragic hidden story of #thalidomide poisoning in America. amazon.com/Wonder-Drug-Histo… – at San Jose, CA
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I’ve never been so moved by a book as by this one. I now have suspicions that my younger sibling, born & died within 40 minutes in 1960, may have been another uncounted thalidomide victim. Great work by author @jvanderbes. amazon.com/Wonder-Drug-Histo…
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The annual @OctavianReport #book list is live! With
@elliotackerman @holland_tom @SirPatStew @jvanderbes @aroberts_andrew David Petraeus @EricVuillard @prudencepeiffer and @siddharthkara
Happy reading and happy new year! @OctavianReport open.substack.com/pub/octavi…
An important piece about Sherri Finkbine and the #thalidomide saga by the illustrious Linda Greenhouse - with a lovely shoutout to #WonderDrug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims! @USThalidomide
A forgotten chapter of abortion history repeats itself, by Linda Greenhouse.
Read: nyti.ms/41AbEGi
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"Americans deserve to know" how private equity affects healthcare. Senators launch bipartisan probe of private equity's growing role in U.S. health care nbcnews.com/politics/congres… via @nbcnews
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New - Part 2 of my podcast on thalidomide with journalist @jvanderbes reveals the scores of babies never previously recognised as harmed by the drug & how thalidomide's heartbreaking consequences could have been avoided if action had been taken sooner. 1/3
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It was a thrill to speak at Yale Law School about #WonderDrug: The Secret History of #Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/…
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The drug thalidomide was one of the greatest medical catastrophes in history causing around 100K disabiities & miscarriages. In my latest podcast, journo @jvanderes discusses her six year research, which has uncovered new potential victims of the drug. 1/2
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Tomorrow, the new series of my podcast launches with a compelling investigation into one of the greatest drug tragedies of the 20th century - Thalidomide. Journalist @jvanderbes reveals her extraordinary 6 year research. It's the shocking story you didn't know. 1/3
An epic moment - @USThalidomide survivor Bryan Dean shared his story with Illinois Senators Duckworth & Durbin & they really listened. After 60+ years of the US denying the existence of scores of #thalidomide victims, Senator Durbin said: "I'll be happy to look into this." YES!
The most meaningful *review* I'll ever get. Thank you from bottom of my heart to my dear friends, the @USThalidomide survivors - you meet amazing people on the really long journeys. #thalidomide #wonderdrug
For decades the US gov has denied it has #thalidomide victims. Today @USThalidomide survivor Bryan Dean shared his story with Senators Duckworth & Durbin & handed them a copy of #WONDERDRUG: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America & Its Hidden Victims. An amazing moment. 1/2
Durbin listened intently, then went into an impromptu speech about #thalidomide!! "I respect your courage to be here," he told Bryan, "When it comes to this situation, we had responsibility and we did not meet it." (2/2)