What happened to the mens wives and children?
The PHS was supposed to only select men who could no longer pass the disease on to others because they were in the late latency stage. This may have not been true. When the Study ended there were 22 wives, 17 children, and 2 grandchildren who tested positive for syphilis. They received lifetime medical and then health benefits from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control). The last widow of one of the men in the Study died in 2009.
