syphilis

And syphilis is far from the only sign of a terribly sick health care system.

Congenital syphilis, in which syphilis is transmitted to an infant, can lead to miscarriages, stillbirth or disabilities.

"It tends to be a silent infection, but it can develop into neuro syphilis and cause cardiac problems."

Schiele was 14 when his father died of syphilis, not long after a suicide attempt.

Eight years earlier, the Texas Medical Board found that he had failed to diagnose appendicitis in one patient and syphilis in another.