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Morality debate lingers over Tuskegee syphilis study
AP reports on the 40 year Public Health Service study in which about 600 Black men from Alabama were observed with syphilis without adequate treatment. Officials acknowledge moral questions both at inception and after penicillin became available, noting survivors were rarely treated and autopsies guided the research.
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Jean Heller
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
U.S. Public Health Service
PHS
Tuskegee
Ala
J.D. Millar
Case
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Tuskegge
Millar
CDC
Don Prince
Prince