The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: 40 Years of Deliberate Medical Neglect (1932–1972)
For 40 years, the United States Public Health Service told 399 Black men in Alabama that they were receiving treatment for “bad blood.” They were not. They were being deliberately observed as they suffered, went blind, went insane, and died — all so that government doctors could study the natural progression of untreated syphilis. Even … Read more