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Syphilis Deaths to Be Investigated by HEW
Washington AP The Department of Health, Education and Welfare launches a full inquiry into the Tuskegee syphilis study begun in 1932 in Tuskegee, Alabama. The probe follows AP disclosure revealing 400 Black men with syphilis were left untreated even after penicillin became available, with deaths and disability resulting.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Alabama
Merlin K. DuVal
HEW
Associated Press
DuVal
Public Health Service
Tuskegee
Ala
PHS
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
CDC
J. D. Millar
Atlanta Center For Disease Control
Millar