Chagas disease infects more than 4 million dogs in the U.S. with almost 650,000 in Texas alone. But many people have never heard of it.

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 ...

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In the Amazon basin, foodborne transmission is already the leading cause of acute Chagas disease. It has been described in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Venezuela.

Chagas disease, once thought to be confined to South and Central America, is now an emerging public health threat in the United States, making it more important than ever for local physicians to ...

Chagas disease is primarily transmitted to humans through the feces of infected triatomine bugs, also known as kissing bugs. Chagas: The ''Silent And Silenced'' Disease. Image: @CDCGlobal/X.

Chagas disease isn’t well-known in America, but it’s been around for thousands of years. A parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) causes it. The disease infects up to 8 million people ...

When Maira Gutiérrez was diagnosed with Chagas disease in 1997, neither she nor her primary care physician had even heard of the malady. She discovered her illness only by chance, after ...

Scientists have their eyes on Chagas disease and the 'kissing bugs' that help spread it. Chagas disease can lead to heart failure and damage to the esophagus and gastrointestinal tract. Roughly 20-30% ...

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 ...

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 ...