syphilis

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

The collected blood is tested for diseases such as hepatitis, HIV and syphilis, as well as malaria if the donor has been somewhere they may have been exposed to the virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finalized its endorsement of taking doxycycline after unprotected sex as a way to prevent chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis infections.

Untreated syphilis can cause lifelong complications, such as brain and nerve problems, while gonorrhoea can lead to infertility.

His efforts were so dogged, it likely contributed to the alarming national outbreak of syphilis the country is experiencing.