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- | ‘Kissing bug’ disease is here to stay in the US, experts say. Here’s why it’s spreading | + | The 2025 State of the World’s Girls report by global NGO Plan International reveals how these relationships leave girls vulnerable for the rest of their lives. It looked at 15 countries with high child marriage rates across Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and found that in all, advocates believe such marriages and unions are going largely unchecked by authorities, |
- | Chagas disease, a potentially deadly condition caused by a parasite carried by insects called kissing bugs, should now be considered endemic in the United States, experts say – and without recognition that it’s a constant presence in some parts of the country, | + | [[https:// |
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- | A report on the topic was published last week in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the authors say they hope that growing global attention on the new paper means Chagas could finally get the surveillance, | + | |
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- | “We’ve been waiting forever; all of us Chagas people have been waiting for people to recognize this disease is in our communities, | + | |
- | The World Health Organization considers Chagas a neglected tropical disease, | + | |
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- | Chagas largely spreads when triatomine bugs, commonly known as kissing bugs, bite a human while they’re sleeping. The bug defecates in that bite or on a person’s face, and the person unwittingly wipes the feces into their eyes, nose or mouth. The feces can carry a parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, that causes the disease. | + | |
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- | Chagas can also spread through contaminated food or blood, organ transplants and pregnancy. | + | |
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- | Early symptoms can include fever, body aches, headaches, rash, vomiting and tiredness. They may last weeks or even months after initial infection. | + | |
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- | According to the CDC, about 20% to 30% of people who’ve been infected develop more serious problems like long-term digestive and nervous system conditions, heart failure, stroke or death. | + | |
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- | If it’s caught early, the disease can be cured with benznidazole or nifurtimox, medicines | + | |
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- | In fact, some people who are infected find out some time later, when they donate blood, since the US has been testing its blood supply for Chagas since 2007. | + | |
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- | A health inspector holds a beaked bug ( Triatoma dimidiata ) in Carpenter , Department | + | |
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- | ‘Kissing bug’ disease more deadly than thought | + | |
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- | Surveillance is limited, but the CDC estimates that about 280,000 people in the US have Chagas | + | |
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- | Scientists have found kissing bugs in 32 states, the new report says. The blood-sucking insect mostly lives in warmer Southern states, but with climate change causing more bug-friendly temperatures, | + | |
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- | Scientistst have identified at least 17 states with infected mammals, including Virginia opossums, raccoons, banded armadillos, striped skunks, coyotes | + | |
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- | Doctors have reported Chagas cases in humans in eight states: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, | + | |
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