Chagas Disease in US: Mother Gave Child "New Aids of America"; 300k Infected
The first U.S. case of the deadly Chagas disease being passed from mother to baby has been reported, as a two-year-old baby boy was confirmed to have the disease many are touting to be the "new AIDS of America." The boy was in fact born in Virginia at just 29 weeks gestation in August 2010 - doctors had found that the boy had signs of jaundice as well as excess fluid around his heart, abdomen and lungs. However, they initially believed the cause was simply a result of a bacterial infection...