Tag: syphilis
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When Science is Against Humanity: Exposing the Tuskegee Tragedy
In the 1930s, America struggled with a silent epidemic—syphilis, a bacterial sexually transmitted disease that afflicted nearly one in ten people in the US. The symptoms were harrowing: painful sores and rashes could plague the body for up to two years. In its advanced stage, syphilis wreaked havoc on vital organs like the heart and…