Most people think the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a secret government experiment uncovered by a brave whistleblower. It wasn’t. For forty years, the U.S. Public Health Service openly studied hundreds of Black men in Alabama who had syphilis—without treating them, even after penicillin became the known cure. What’s rarely discussed is that it was never actually hidden. The study appeared in peer-reviewed medical journals. The Milbank Memorial Fund publicly supported it. Articles were published...
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Most people think the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a secret government experiment uncovered by a brave whistleblower. It wasn’t. For forty years, the U.S. Public Health Service openly studied hundreds of Black men in Alabama who had syphilis—without treating them, even after penicillin became the known cure. What’s rarely discussed is that it was never actually hidden. The study appeared in peer-reviewed medical journals. The Milbank Memorial Fund publicly supported it. Articles were published...
Condoms have been around for thousands of years — but the modern version you trust every day? That’s the work of the FDA. Yes the FDA regulates condoms...and surprisingly has helped. In this episode, we dive into the surprisingly rigorous (and often hilarious) world of condom regulation, testing, and innovation. From ancient linen and lambskin to FDA labs and “Magnum” marketing, we unpack how science and policy made condoms one of public health’s biggest success stories — literall...
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Most people think the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a secret government experiment uncovered by a brave whistleblower. It wasn’t. For forty years, the U.S. Public Health Service openly studied hundreds of Black men in Alabama who had syphilis—without treating them, even after penicillin became the known cure. What’s rarely discussed is that it was never actually hidden. The study appeared in peer-reviewed medical journals. The Milbank Memorial Fund publicly supported it. Articles were published...
