Memoir that Couples Water under my bed. Growing up in New Jersey in the new Jersey Factory Town in the 1980s she believed her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family in either the United States or Columbia Spoke of infectious diseases, and even into her 30s she only knew her aunt had died of a rare Illness Called Chagas but as hernandez dug deeper she discovered that chagas, or accusing the disease, is more prevalent in the United States than to seek a virus. Today more than 300,000 americans have chagas. Why do some infectious disease make headlines and others fall by the wayside . After her aunts death, hernandez begin searching for answers about who our nation chooses to take care of and who we ignore. Crisscrossing the country she interviews patients at the epidemiologist and even veterinarians with the department of defense. Hernandez new book the kissing bug tells the story of how poverty, racism and public policies have conspired to keep this disea
For this and all previous episodes. Tonight we are thrilled to welcome David Hernandes and amy stewart. A former reporter for the New York times in writing about the intersections of race, immigration, Class And Sexuality for almost two decades. Her most recent book is the Kissing Bug, the Troop Story of family and insects, Nations Neglect for a deadly disease. She is the author of the awardwinning memoir, a cup of water under my bed. Growing up in new jersey, 1980s, hernandes believed her aunt became deathly up from eating an apple. No one in her family spoke of infectious diseases and even into her 30s, she only knew her aunt died of a rare illness. As she dug deeper, she discovered the kissing Bug Disease is more prevalent in the u. S. And the his eco forest. Today 300,000 americans has it. Why do some diseases make headlines and others fall by the wayside . She began searching for answers about who our nation chooses to take care of and who we ignore. She interviews patients, epide
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WASHINGTON, (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for first level of care to be strengthened to improve the detection and treatment of Chagas in Latin America and the Caribbe.
Little-known Chagas disease is a silent killer in Latin America, where it takes 10,000 lives a year, and more must be done to detect the condition early on, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Thursday.