🫀Rheumatic Heart Disease is more widespread among young adults than expected

The disease, which can cause heart failure, is caused by untreated strep throat

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I am awestruck that people based at a medical center in Cincinnati Ohio are actively involved in helping kids in Africa not suffer from #rheumaticheartdisease. There is real good in this world. How do we lift that up? #CincinnatiChildrens https://scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/in-uganda-rheumatic-heart-disease-research-reaches-its-goal/