The US government deliberately withheld syphilis treatment from Black men in a 40-year experiment β€” documented evidence
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From 1932 to 1972, the US Public Health Service studied the effects of untreated syphilis on 399 African American men in Tuskegee, Alabama, deliberately withholding treatment even after penicillin became the standard cure.

The US government deliberately withheld syphilis treatment from Black men in a 40-year experiment

HEALTHΒ·January 1, 1932Β·By US Public Health ServiceΒ·1.9K upvotesΒ·41 comments
What They Said Was Crazy
β€œThe government is conducting medical experiments on Black men in Alabama without their consent and deliberately denying them treatment.”
β€” US Public Health ServiceJanuary 1, 1932Source

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PRIMARYAP ExposΓ© by Jean Heller (1972)
www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm
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PRIMARYPresidential Apology by Bill Clinton (1997)
clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/textonly/New/Remar...
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Presidential Apology by Bill Clinton (1997)

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