{"id":261794,"date":"2025-07-15T03:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T02:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/cancer-linked-pregnancy-drug-given-to-mothers-years-after-it-was-supposedly-banned-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T03:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T02:04:38","slug":"cancer-linked-pregnancy-drug-given-to-mothers-years-after-it-was-supposedly-banned-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/cancer-linked-pregnancy-drug-given-to-mothers-years-after-it-was-supposedly-banned-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer-linked pregnancy drug given to mothers years after it was supposedly banned | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/NkEYh9jyE30\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Cancer-linked pregnancy drug given to mothers years after it was supposedly banned | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NkEYh9jyE30\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>ITV News has discovered new evidence that a dangerous drug linked to cancer was given to mothers nearly a decade after it was supposed to have been banned.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in a major development, the Health Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed the government is considering enhanced cancer screening for those impacted by the use of drug and has vowed to \u2018look seriously at these allegations.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Stilbestrol, also known as DES, was prescribed on the NHS to prevent miscarriage and to stop breast milk production from 1939 until the late 1970s. 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