Few Know About Disease From ‘Kissing Bug,’ Though It’s More Prevalent In LA Than Zika
The bug carries Chagas disease, which can cause heart failure if left untreated, but few know they have it, and if they do, they don't know where to get treatment.
The Los Angeles Daily News:
‘Kissing Bug’ Sickens More In LA Than Zika, But Few Know They Have It
Some call it the kissing bug because it leaves a painless bite near a sleeping person’s lips. But among health experts, including those from the federal government, the cone-headed Triatomine is no prince awakening a sleeping beauty. It’s an assassin, because it leaves behind a parasite in its love bite that can be deadly. (Abram, 3/24)
In other public health news —
The Associated Press:
California: Chemical Warning May Scare Poor From Canned Food
California plans to delay state-required warnings on metal cans lined with the chemical BPA, arguing too-specific warnings could scare stores and shoppers in poor neighborhoods away from some of the only fruits and vegetables available canned ones, officials said Thursday. (Knickmeyer, 3/24)