United States Public Health Service
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| 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
- 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
- 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.
