A participant in the Tuskegee study has blood drawn, circa 1930s. The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male was an unethical experiment by the U.S. Public Health Service tracking ...

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study is a shameful reminder of what science without ethics can lead to. Starting in the early 1930s, this experiment conducted by the Public Health Service (PHS), the ...

The Tuskegee experiment continues to echo in various ways. Researchers, for example, cite it to explain why black people are less likely to participate in experimental cancer treatments, ...

Tuskegee, a new project from underground production heroes Seth Troxler and the Martinez Brothers (Steve and Chris), aims to do both — to put out great records and set the record straight about ...

During the 1960s, Dr. Foster served as professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Tuskegee Institute — the focal point of the experiment. He also sat on a local medical board that was briefed ...

On the same ground as the infamous Tuskegee experiment, we are working to overcome medical racism and bring more Black Americans into clinical research. Skip to Main Content Manage alerts for this ...

The story of medicine throughout history can be dark, messy, and riddled with gruesome events. The never-ending journey ...

A lingering mistrust of the medical system among many Black people is rooted in the infamous 20th century U.S. study of syphilis that left Black men in Tuskegee, Ala., to suffer from the disease.

The Tuskegee Experiment used 399 poor black illiterate farmers in Macon County, Ala., as guinea pigs in a torturous disaster designed to let them die of syphilis.