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Science Friday — ‘The Kissing Bug’ And The Story Of A Neglected Disease
Scout ratingSCOUT· 67%18m·2026-01-09·Science

‘The Kissing Bug’ And The Story Of A Neglected Disease

Science Friday · 1207

Growing up, Daisy Hernández was told that her aunt had become ill from eating a bad apple. She watched as her aunt became sicker and sicker, and didn’t learn until years later that she was living with Chagas disease. It affects around 8 million people, mostly across the Americas, and yet many of us have never heard of…

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