tuskegee syphilis experiment

For four decades, the United States government enrolled hundreds of Black men in Alabama in a study on syphilis, just so they could document the disease’s ravages on the human body. On July 25, 1972, Jean Heller, a then 29-year-old investigative reporter at The Associated Press shocked the world with a story of what is now known as the “Tuskegee Study.”

A New York-based philanthropy is publicly apologizing for its role in the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study. The Manhattan-based Milbank Memorial Fund covered funeral expenses starting in the 1930s for hundreds of Black men who were allowed to die of the untreated disease. This wasn’t a simple act of charity: The payments enabled researchers to obtain autopsies of people who had...

Medical mistrust is deeply rooted, particularly in the Black community. A big reason for that is the Tuskegee study, an experiment that lasted 40 years when the U.S. government recruited Black men, who were then denied treatment for syphilis.

Relatives of Black men who were unknowingly part of the infamous Tuskegee experiment are promoting COVID-19 vaccines in a new ad campaign.

Only a select few can say they’re a Harvard University graduate. Fewer still can claim to be an Olympian. Gabby Thomas is both.

In Episode 2 of the new sports podcast “My New Favorite Olympian,” we interview sprinter Gabby Thomas about her other passion — improving health care in the Black community.