Thalidomide baby
An infant affected by prenatal exposure to the drug thalidomide.
This medication was prescribed to pregnant women for treatment of morning sickness until removal from the market in 1962. It causes a wide variety of serious birth defects, including short, flipper-like limbs.
Most thalidomide babies have lived into adulthood.
This population is now reaching middle age, and in some cases new health problems are emerging.