United States Public Health Service

United States Public Health Service
Parent organization	US/Department/Health and Human Services
Headquarters	Washington DC
Leader	Assistant Secretary for Health
Subgroups	•  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality •  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry •  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention •  Food and Drug Administration •  Health Resources and Services Administration •  Indian Health Service •  National Institutes of Health •  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response •  Office of Global Affairs •  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration •  United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Infamous experiments

Tuskegee syphilis experiment

Full article: Tuskegee syphilis experiment

In 1932 the U.S. Public Health Service set up the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, later controlled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which resulted in many deaths and denied its subjects treatment for syphilis.

Guatemala syphilis experiment

Full article: Guatemala syphilis experiment

In 1946, a United States Public Health Service physician, John Charles Cutler began the U.S. government's syphilis experiments in Guatemala, in which Guatemalans were deliberately infected with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases. This came to light after documents were discovered by Susan Mokotoff Reverby in 2005.

 

An event carried out

Event	Description
Guatemala syphilis experiment	A murderous experiment which infected healthy subjects with syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid and possibly other diseases.

 

Event Planned

Event	Start	End	Description
Tuskegee syphilis experiment	1932	1972	A murderous experiment which looked at the progression of syphilis. Subjects were told that they were being treated, while in fact treatment was denied them. Exposed after 40 years by a whistleblower who went to the press.

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