A Brief History of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

A Brief History of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

A 40-year study on syphilis was officially concluded 50 years ago this month. On Nov. 16, 1972, Assistant Secretary for Health Merlin K. Duval instructed the Director of the Center for Disease Control to terminate the “Tuskegee Study.” The study began in the...