Chagas disease​ is already endemic to 21 countries in the Americas, and growing evidence of the parasite is challenging the non-endemic label in the U.S., experts say.
  • TheOubliette@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    These kinds of diseases making a resurgence in the US are a form of blowback for both climate change and oppressing the rest of the Americas, preventing eradication.

  • ratboy [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Prevention methods include staying in well-built places if traveling, using insecticides and bug spray, wearing clothes that cover your skin and not eating raw fruits and vegetables, as the infection can also be acquired orally or through the mouth via contaminated food.

    Well at least it won’t matter that crop yields are plummeting due to climate change. We won’t be able to eat any of it anyway