Doctors advocate fresh efforts to combat Chagas disease, a silent killer

Doctors, researchers, and patient advocates say the U.S. could be doing far more to combat Chagas, which causes serious heart disease in an estimated 30% of infected people and can also lead to crippling digestive problems.

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