Tuskeegee Study

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Tuskeegee Study

A prospective study conducted by the US Public Health Service from 1932 to 1972 in Tuskeegee, Alabama, on a cohort of 400 black men, which examined the long-term effects of not treating their latent seropositive syphilis. It is considered one of the most egregious acts in the history of US medicine.

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