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Exposing the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The 50th anniversary
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Exposing the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The 50th anniversary

  • By JEAN HELLER, Associated Press
  • Updated

For 40 years starting in 1932, medical workers in the segregated South withheld treatment for Black men who were unaware they had syphilis, so doctors could track the ravages of the illness and dissect their bodies afterward.

Where STIs and STDs are on the rise

Where STIs and STDs are on the rise

  • Updated

Despite the popular stigma surrounding sexually transmitted diseases and infections, more than half of all people will experience one or the other at some point in their lives, according to the American Sexual Health Association.

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  • By Natalie Morin
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