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The new ‘AIDS’ of the Americas? Experts warn of insect-borne disease

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Experts are calling a little known but deadly illness caused by blood sucking insects the new AIDS of the Americas. A new study on the parasitic illness called Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, claims that the illness has similarities to the early spread of HIV. Experts writing in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases ... read more »

Mother claims paramedics racist

Friday, September 21st, 2007

A woman in Carpentersville, Illinois, claims that when her babysitter called 911 when her child was in distress, the paramedics refused to take the baby to the hospital simply because he was Hispanic: The federal lawsuit said the village “had a practice and/or policy to limit emergency medical services to persons of Hispanic ancestry.” Gloria ... read more »