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Why A Pill That's 4 Cents In Tanzania Costs Up To $400 In The U.S.
Two pills to wipe out hookworm could cost you 4 cents. Or $400. It just depends where you live. The 4 cents is in Tanzania. That'll cover the two pills it takes to knock out the intestinal parasite. But in the United States, where hookworm has re-emerged, the price for two 200 mg tablets of...- Jimi Swagger
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Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why?
In America, the world’s richest country, hookworm, a parasitic disease found in areas of extreme poverty, is rampant, the first study of its kind in modern times shows by Ed Pilkington in Lowndes County, Alabama Children playing feet away from open pools of raw sewage; drinking water pumped...- Jimi Swagger
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