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Tag: Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Health
Racial Equality, Social Justice Advocate Dr. Bill Jenkins Dies at 73
Dr. Bill Jenkins, an advocate for racial equality and social justice who tried to stop the Tuskegee syphilis experiment that utilized Black patients as guinea pigs, died recently at the age of 73. Jenkins worked as an epidemiologist battling racism in health care. The cause was due to complications of an inflammatory disease called sarcoidosis, according […]
March 4, 2019
African-American
Study Links Black Men’s Lower Life Expectancy to Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Marcella Alsan and Marianne Wanamaker examined healthcare utilization and outcomes across demographic groups before and after 1972 and found that the closer Black men lived to Tuskegee, Ala., the less likely they were to visit a doctor.
June 30, 2016
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