New York (AP) — Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the US government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee ...

Syphilis has been rising sharply in the United States, with especially high rates in Southern states. Now, a new study from Tulane University researchers suggests the long-term infection may carry ...

Infection with syphilis is associated with an increased risk for several major adverse cardiovascular outcomes and death, according to a study published online ...

Peter Buxtun, a whistleblower who exposed and helped end the Tuskegee syphilis study, a four-decade experiment in which the U.S. Public Health Service used hundreds of Black men as human guinea pigs, ...

CNN — Bill Jenkins had already started a promising career in public health in the mid-1960s when he learned about one of the darkest chapters in American medical history: the Tuskegee syphilis ...

Key Takeaways Syphilis can dramatically increase heart health riskPatients with syphilis are more likely to suffer a heart ...

A study in Health Economics uncovered an unintended consequence of a major medical breakthrough: while the availability of ...

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