syphilis
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Americans Gonn Wild: Gonorrhea and Syphilis Rates Skyrocketed in 2020
Despite widespread lockdowns and quarantine orders, the first year of the covid-19 pandemic did not stop Americans from spreading sexually transmitted diseases.
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Bristol Meyers-Squibb And Others Can’t Dodge $1 Billion Lawsuit Over 1940s Syphilis Study, Judge Rules
For the time being, pharmaceutical company Bristol Meyers-Squibb and others will not be allowed to avoid a billion-dollar civil lawsuit over their alleged roles in a U.S. government-led study in the 1940s that deliberately and secretly infected Guatemalan people with syphilis. Last week, Reuters reported, a federal Maryland judge struck down an argument by defence…
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Was This The First Time Science Lost Out To ‘Natural Remedies’?
Worthless natural remedies, especially when they come from “exotic” locations, have always been popular. They have also always been big business. Here’s one of the earliest struggles on record — when the richest man in Europe went after a medieval doctor.