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The CDC Foundation launches scholarship fund for descendants of Black men in the untreated syphilis study at Tuskegee

February 28, 2024
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation contributes $1 million matching donation By Black Headline News ATLANTA, Ga. — The CDC Foundation announced at the beginning of this month a new endowed scholarship program, Voices Today for Change Tomorrow, for descendants of the Black men who were part of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Study of Untreated Syphilis at Tuskegee and

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