ProPublica, 
Facing Unchecked Syphilis #Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help.
Months Later, No One Has Responded.
The #syphilis rate among #Indigenous people in the Great Plains is higher than at any point in 80 years of records.
More than 3% of #Native American babies born in #SouthDakota last year had the preventable and curable — but potentially fatal — disease.
