lo cierto en estados unidos existe tratamiento para curar el mal de chaga.livia y toda centroamérica. por lo menos, 300 mil personas, en norte américa son portadores del parsito. >>> se llama chaga, porque lleva el nombre del científico brasileño carlos chaga que lo descubrió hace más de 100 años. en su etapa crónica los síntomas vomito, diarrea y cansancio en su etapa terminal produce el ensanchamiento del corazón y el paciente fallece de muerte súbita. seguimos lourdes en los estudios. >>> hay un candidato presidencial en venezuela que oficializó su candidatura, le diremos cuando lo hará el próximo aspirante. >>> miles de bomberos contra incendios en el oeste del país cuando volvamos les kaouns cuento. del país, en breve le informamos. calor y sequía han traido también la proliferacion de fuego, bomberos lhando al oeste, también al sur en la florida, michigan. >>por aire y tierra los bomberos combaten el incendio que parece invencible, en colorado cientos de personas se han visto obligados dejar sus hogares >>todavia estamos investigando si todo el mundo p

it's called chagas and it's spreading in south america. brian todd tells us it's transmitted rather easily by something as simple as a bug bite. >> reporter: aids, the scourge of the post-war era. is there a new aids on the horizon? experts worry about a disease now affecting millions in latin america. >> i like to call chagas disease argue apply the most important infection you've never heard about. it almost exclusively affects people living in extreme poverty. >> reporter: chagas, a parasitic infection in south america. dr. peter hotez is lead editorial. health officials say roughly ten million people are infected with chagas. >> is this difficult or impossible to cure? >> there are two medicines available, which if you catch the infection very early on, seem to have some beneficial effect on treating the patient. the problem is once the heart symptoms start, which is the most dreaded complication, the chagas cardiomyopathy, it no longer works very well. the immediate sins are extremely toxic. >> reporter: also, chagas is like aids beca

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health authorities say roughly ten million people are infected with s with chagas.eople a year. >> is it impossible to cure? >> there are two medicines available. if you catch the infection very early on, seem to have some beneficial effect on treating the patient. the problem is once the heart symptoms start, which is the most dreaded complication, the medicine no longer works very well. problem number one. problem number two, the medicines are extremely toxic. >> also he says chagas is like aids because it's contaminated part of the blood supply in south america. in is ground zero for chagas, the bug prevalent in latin america. the parasite lives in its guts. it likes to hide in wall crevices and that muched roofs. at night, it dropped on to people who are sleeping. it likes to bite you in the face. it's called the kissing bug. it excretes the parasite at the same time. when you wake up and scratch the itch, the parasite moves into the wound and you're infected. you can be infected with chagas for decades before you actually get the severe symptoms of the disease.

the disease is called chagas. you get it from this tiny parasite, carried by a one-inch long bus, sometimes called a kissing bug, because it likes to bite you near the mouth. if it bites you near your eyes, they turn puffy. a warning sign. but all too often, there's no sign you've been infected. for decades, it can lie dormant in your body. until suddenly, destroying your heart. in latin america, it infects the destitute. living in homes with mud walls and thatched roofs, where the bug is mostly found. in the u.s., those infected are immigrants who pick it up in their home countries. but a big reality check. despite comparisons to hiv, you can't get chagas from another person. period. and the kissing bugs in america are a different kind of bug. you know, chagas is a disease that needs treatment and attention. those people in america who already have it have to be diagnosed and taken care of. but the real fight against this tropical disease is in latin america, where it is really running rampant. >> and you track d

no. 5, a little known disease called chagas is causing some experts to be concerned of a global pandemic's mostly found in latin american countries. the disease can be treated if it's caught early. no. 4, international health experts predict global cancer cases will rise 75% by the year 2030. part of the reason? more developing countries are adopting western lifestyles linked to cancer including poor diets, lack of exercise, smoking and drinking too much alcohol. no. 3, facebook wants to know what you think of its privacy policy. starting today you can vote on the changes the social networking site makes. today's vote will cover new sections explaining how the site uses people's information. no. work head up if your weekend plans involve metro. track work on the red, orange, green and yellow lines will continue from now until sunday. no. 1, expect more delays on i-95 in virginia. a major repaving project means the through lanes of the inner loop are down to one lane between woodrow wilson bridge and telegraph road. an extra local lane is open in the work zone. work is expected to last un