Concern is growing that experiments involving kids with HIV/AIDS conducted by researchers around the country may have violated official guidelines and may indeed have been illegal. An investigation published yesterday looks at the troubling specifics of the case, which goes back over the last 20 years. AP concludes that in many cases federal health authorities failed to provide independent advocates promised to guard against potential abuses. Foster children in at least seven states participated in the trials, which were conducted under the auspices of the National Institutes of Health. The news is likely to mean closer scrutiny of similar programs across the country.
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