Montgomery County leads Alabama in latent syphilis cases
The latest report from the Alabama Department of Public Health is shedding light on the latest numbers of diseases and infections in Alabama.
Syphilis
Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower Peter Buxtun dies at 86
Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86.
Documents from Tuskegee Syphilis Study now available to see online
You have a chance to learn more about a shameful part of national history that happened in Alabama — the syphilis study at Tuskegee.
Montgomery County Health Department now offering fast track sexual health testing
Confidential testing includes chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV.
