Undiagnosed — Nicaragua
A mysterious kidney disease that has killed more than 20 000 people may be linked to global climate change, according to a new study at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
Professor Richard J. Johnson, MD, says the chronic disease has struck in Central America, killing mainly sugar cane workers.
“This could be the 1st epidemic directly caused by global warming,” Johnson said. “Some districts of Nicaragua have been called the ‘land of widows’ due to the high mortality
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