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Life-saving drug okayed for blue babies By Lillian Newberry Toronto Star, Gregory White, a blue baby was only a few days old in 1975 when he became th(...)
Life-saving drug okayed for blue babies By Lillian Newberry Toronto Star, Gregory White, a blue baby was only a few days old in 1975 when he became th(...)

Life-saving drug okayed for blue babies By Lillian Newberry Toronto Star, Gregory White, a blue baby was only a few days old in 1975 when he became th(...)

Date3/29/1982
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  • Life-saving drug okayed for blue babies By Lillian Newberry Toronto Star, Gregory White, a blue baby was only a few days old in 1975 when he became th(...)
  • Life-saving drug okayed for blue babies By Lillian Newberry Toronto Star, Gregory White, a blue baby was only a few days old in 1975 when he became the first North American child to be given an experimental drug designed to keep open a blood vessel as an alternative pathway for blood to get to the lungs.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Life-saving drug okayed for blue babies By Lillian Newberry Toronto Star, Gregory White, a blue baby was only a few days old in 1975 when he became the first North American child to be given an experimental drug designed to keep open a blood vessel as an alternative pathway for blood to get to the lungs.
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