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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Tuskegee Experiment' data-article-id='5384'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9771'>The coronavirus vaccine campaign is off to a slow start in Tuskegee and surrounding areas.</span> <span data-start-time='9771' data-end-time='24208'>Community leaders point to a resistance among residents caused by a distrust of government promises and years of failed health programs.</span> <span data-start-time='24208' data-end-time='37750'>The town is known for being the place where a major government study on the sexually transmitted disease syphilis was carried out on a group of Black men.</span> <span data-start-time='37750' data-end-time='47354'>Most of Tuskegee’s 8,500 residents have family members who were part of the experiment.</span> <span data-start-time='47354' data-end-time='54333'>Government investigators later declared the experiment unethical.</span> <span data-start-time='54333' data-end-time='76896'>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the study on its website. The research began in 1932 with 600 Black men - 399 had syphilis and 201 did not.</span> <span data-start-time='76896' data-end-time='90146'>The men were not informed about the true purpose of the study. Researchers instead told them they were being treated for “bad blood.”</span> <span data-start-time='90146' data-end-time='100146'>In truth, the CDC says, the men did not receive the necessary treatment to cure their sickness.</span> <span data-start-time='100146' data-end-time='111354'> Even when penicillin became the drug of choice for syphilis in 1947, researchers did not offer it to the men.</span> <span data-start-time='111354' data-end-time='119292'>The study, which was supposed to last only six months, ended up lasting 40 years.</span> <span data-start-time='119292' data-end-time='126292'>As a result, many people in Tuskegee remain suspicious.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/B.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=16788 data-hint-location='47354' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/what_does_unethical_mean.wav'>What does unethical mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='morally wrong and lacking fairness in order to create harm'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/an_honorable_undertaking.wav'><span>an honorable undertaking</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/morally_wrong_and_lacking_fairness_in_order_to_create_harm.wav'><span>morally wrong and lacking fairness in order to create harm</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/a_mistake.wav'><span>a mistake</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/working_diligently_.wav'><span>working diligently </span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16789 data-hint-location='90146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/why_was_the_tuskegee_study_unethical.wav'>Why was the Tuskegee study unethical?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='participants were not told the true purpose of the study and not given treatment to cure their illness'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/study_participants_were_treated_fairly_.wav'><span>study participants were treated fairly </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/participants_were_not_told_the_true_purpose_of_the_study_and_not_given_treatment_to_cure_their_illness.wav'><span>participants were not told the true purpose of the study and not given treatment to cure their illness</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/the_study_refused_to_accept_men_as_participants.wav'><span>the study refused to accept men as participants</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/participants_were_fully_informed_and_given_proper_treatment_of_their_illness.wav'><span>participants were fully informed and given proper treatment of their illness</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16790 data-hint-location='111354' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/the_tuskegee_study_lasted__blank_.wav'>The Tuskegee study lasted <span class='blank'>40 years</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='40 years'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/25_years.wav'><span>25 years</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/8_months.wav'><span>8 months</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/40_years.wav'><span>40 years</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4892/6_months.wav'><span>6 months</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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