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From sugarcane fields to dialysis: the kidney crisis that crosses borders

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Chronic kidney disease was long thought to be an old person’s malady. Now it’s a multinational health crisis among young Latino migrants who once worked on Central American farms and sugar plantations. To avoid expensive treatment in the United States, many return home, only to discover limited care for the deadly illness

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