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The United States Opened a Medical Program in Guatemala in 1946: What 1,300 Patients Suffered Took 64 Years to Leave

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Imagine learning, overnight, that your own government has knowingly transmitted sexually transmitted diseases to hundreds of vulnerable people abroad in the name of science. It is not the pitch of a dystopic thriller, but a real historical fact, buried in the archives for more than half a century. Between 1946 [...]
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Imagine learning, overnight, that your own government has knowingly transmitted sexually transmitted diseases to hundreds of vulnerable people abroad in the name of science. It is not the pitch of a dystopic thriller, but a real historical fact, buried in the archives for more than half a century. Between 1946 [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Friday, September 4, 2026.
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