A Cancer-Causing Virus Hiding in Millions of Americans
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A Cancer-Causing Virus Hiding in Millions of Americans

A Cancer-Causing Virus Hiding in Millions of Americans

Early one morning in June, 2017, Todd Doan woke his husband, Wylliam Soliwoda-Doan, to say that he was going to the hospital. Doan, a music teacher at an elementary school in East Orange, N.J., had spent the previous week in bed with unusual fatigue and a deep, hacking cough. His upper abdomen and back hurt persistently. He’d seen his primary-care doctor, who’d prescribed Prevacid, for acid reflux; when that didn’t help, the doctor referred him to get X-rays. Doan had planned to book a test within a few days. Three days later, at 3 a.m., he decided to drive to the E.R. near his home in New Jersey to get them done immediately.

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