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Publisher
Tin House Books, LLC
ISBN-10
1951142527
ISBN-13
9781951142520
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2321459378
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Number of Pages
336 Pages
Publication Name
Kissing Bug : a True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease
Language
English
Subject
Internal Medicine, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Medical
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16.4 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
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5.8 in
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2020-057435
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Hernández writes to the heart of the story with immense tenderness, compassion, and intelligence. A riveting read., Deftly reported. . . . a nuanced and empathetic look into the intersections of poverty, racism and the U.S. health?care system., With The Kissing Bug, Daisy Hernández takes her place alongside great science writers like Rebecca Skloot and Mary Roach, immersing herself in the deeply personal subject of a deadly insect-borne disease that haunted her own family. It's a tender and compelling personal saga, an incisive work of investigative journalism, and an absolutely essential perspective on global migration, poverty, and pandemics., Engaging and dynamic. . . . A reader walks away from The Kissing Bug with more knowledge and empathy than they had before and a sense that something must be done to save lives., She movingly profiles individual patients and. . . . the divergent fates experienced by [illness] sufferers of differing incomes, origins, and ethnicities., Daisy Hernández knows the impact of Chagas disease all too well. Her aunt died from it, and Hernández has since been fascinated by how it spreads and what that reveals about how we treat working-class people., A trenchant work of investigative journalism. . . weaving in cultural and political analysis, extensive research, and personal history as she chases down answers about her aunt's tragic death from an underreported disease known as Chagas., An expansive account of poverty, race, and who we consider worthy of help as it relates to location-based medical ailments., Uncovers a story about the intersection of public health and discrimination, and a disease that will become even more virulent as climate change stretches the kissing bug habitat further north., Daisy Hernández introduces us to the most important bug you've probably never heard of. Authoritative and gripping at the same time The Kissing Bug is a deft mix of family archeology, parasite detective story, and American reckoning. A much needed addition to the canon., An engaging, eye-opening read for anyone looking to learn more about the human suffering caused by the collision of a parasite and years of neglect by the United States' medical system., The engrossing account of a family medical mystery that led to a compassionate investigation of an underattended disease., Hernández raises damning questions about which infectious diseases get attention and whom we believe to be deserving of care., The book is propulsive, fascinating, and tragic in equal parts, and in both style and substance it reminds us that the cold hard facts of medical science are never separate from humanity, or from our prejudices, or from our most intimate stories., Compelling and impressive. . . . Hernández's lucid writing provides a paradigm for how to begin addressing the inequities baked into medicine., With The Kissing Bug, Daisy Hernandez takes her place alongside great science writers like Rebecca Skloot and Mary Roach, immersing herself in the deeply personal subject of a deadly insect-borne disease that haunted her own family. It's a tender and compelling personal saga, an incisive work of investigative journalism, and an absolutely essential perspective on global migration, poverty, and pandemics., A deeply personal, unsparing analysis of how neglected diseases disproportionately affect marginalized peoples in the world's richest country--and why they need not., Through interviews with patients, doctors, and epidemiologists, Hernández weaves a narrative of the racial politics that overshadow modern healthcare., This nuanced and timely take exposes a disease that silently harms hundreds of thousands, it also serves as a prescription for change in our public policies and health care system., The Kissing Bug is a deft mix of family archaeology, parasite detective story, and American reckoning. A much-needed addition to the canon., Trace[s] some of the most pressing questions about race and the institutions that purport to save lives in the United States, all of it held together by Hernandez's complicated love for her once-vibrant aunt., Lyrical, unflinching. . . . Hernández expertly skates the line between memoir and science tome, showing the personal effects of a disease perpetuated by a cascade of systemic failures., Traces the effects of Chagas on minority communities, revealing how poverty, racism, and public policy have intersected to disrupt adequate healthcare interventions., A trenchant work of investigative journalism. . . . weaving in cultural and political analysis, extensive research, and personal history as she chases down answers about her aunt's tragic death from an underreported disease known as Chagas., The question The Kissing Bug investigates is timely: Who does the United States take care of, and who does it leave behind? Through the personal story of Hernández's family and countless interviews that include patients and epidemiologists, the inequity of the healthcare system is exposed. Hernández writes to the heart of the story with immense tenderness, compassion, and intelligence. A riveting read., Lyrical, unflinching.... Hernández expertly skates the line between memoir and science tome, showing the personal effects of a disease perpetuated by a cascade of systemic failures.
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Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases. Even into her thirties, she only knew that her aunt had died of Chagas, a rare and devastating illness that affects the heart and digestive system. But as Hernández dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas--or the kissing bug disease--is more prevalent in the United States than the Zika virus. After her aunt's death, Hernández began searching for answers. Crisscrossing the country, she interviewed patients, doctors, epidemiologists, and even veterinarians with the Department of Defense. She learned that in the United States more than three hundred thousand people in the Latinx community have Chagas, and that outside of Latin America, this is the only country with the native insects--the "kissing bugs"--that carry the Chagas parasite. Through unsparing, gripping, and humane portraits, Hernández chronicles a story vast in scope and urgent in its implications, exposing how poverty, racism, and public policies have conspired to keep this disease hidden. A riveting and nuanced investigation into racial politics and for-profit healthcare in the United States, The Kissing Bug reveals the intimate history of a marginalized disease and connects us to the lives at the center of it all., Who does the United States take care of, and who does it leave behind? A riveting investigation of infectious disease, poverty, racism, and for-profit healthcare--and the harm caused by decades of silence., Winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award National Book Foundation Science + Literature Selection Finalist for New American Voices Award and Lammy Award for Bisexual Nonfiction A TIME, NPR, Chicago Public Library, Science for the People, WYNC, WBUR Radio Boston, and The Stacks Podcast Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award As heard on Fresh Air, Who does the United States take care of, and who does it leave behind? A necessary investigation of infectious disease, poverty, racism, and for-profit healthcare-and the harm caused by decades of neglect. Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases. Even into her thirties, she only knew that her aunt had died of Chagas, a rare and devastating illness that affects the heart and digestive system. But as Hernández dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas-or the kissing bug disease-is more prevalent in the United States than the Zika virus. After her aunt's death, Hernández began searching for answers. Crisscrossing the country, she interviewed patients, doctors, epidemiologists, and even veterinarians with the Department of Defense. She learned that in the United States more than three hundred thousand people in the Latinx community have Chagas, and that outside of Latin America, this is the only country with the native insects-the "kissing bugs"-that carry the Chagas parasite. Through unsparing, gripping, and humane portraits, Hernández chronicles a story vast in scope and urgent in its implications, exposing how poverty, racism, and public policies have conspired to keep this disease hidden. A riveting and nuanced investigation into racial politics and for-profit healthcare in the United States, The Kissing Bug reveals the intimate history of a marginalized disease and connects us to the lives at the center of it all.
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RC124.4.H47 2021
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