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Newborn baby dies from SYPHILIS in Britain 'for the first time in decades'

Newborn baby dies from SYPHILIS in Britain ‘for the first time in decades’ as cases rise by 20% in a year Cases of the sexually transmitted infection are at their highest since the 1940s Growing numbers of women are passing it on to their babies during pregnancy This is the ‘first time in decades’ it… Read More »

Johns Hopkins, Bristol-Myers must face $1 billion syphilis infections suit

(Reuters) – A federal judge in Maryland said The Johns Hopkins University, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (BMY.N) and the Rockefeller Foundation must face a $ 1 billion lawsuit over their roles in a 1940s U.S. government experiment that infected hundreds of Guatemalans with syphilis. FILE PHOTO: Logo of global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb is pictured at… Read More »