“Distribution of HIV-1 subtypes in a population”, state Mumtaz & Raddad (STI) in a study of the HIV pandemic in the Middle East, “tracks the spread and evolution of the epidemic”. Various studies covered in our previous blogs have attempted to read the history of the progress of the HIV epidemic through the evidence of […]
Category: Medical history
The records of the US syphilis experiments in Guatemala: read them yourself!
Now open to public access: the documents at the heart of last October’s scandal over unethical experiments by US researchers in Guatemala. In 1946-48, the US team, seeking an opportunity to study the effectiveness of penicillin against syphilis and gonorrhoea, conducted experiments involving the deliberate exposure to those diseases of 700 Guatemalan soldiers, mental health […]