U.S. Apologizes for Deliberately Infecting Guatemalans With Syphilis

Discover, October 1 2010.

The United States government officially apologized to Guatemala today for unethical medical experiments conducted by American researchers in the country over 60 years ago, in which unwitting subjects were deliberately infected with syphilis.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said they were, in their words, “outraged that such reprehensible research could have occurred under the guise of public health.” Read More >