Researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso have found a sharp increase in the number of insects carrying the parasite ...

NEW ORLEANS — It's one of the leading causes of heart disease in Latin America, and it's caused by a parasite that gets inside of you from a bug bite. Now the CDC wants people in Louisiana and other ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eastern bloodsucking conenose "kissing bug" (Triatoma sanguisuga) on a leaf. This nocturnal bloodsucker carries and passes the ...

While their bites are not usually dangerous, kissing bugs can transmit parasites that causes Chagas disease. Squishing a kissing bug can increase the risk of exposure to the parasite. Though several ...

Every summer, an insect with a sweet name poses a serious threat to the populations of the southern United States and Latin America. Known as the kissing bug, this insect carries a parasite that can ...

Chagas disease, a potentially deadly condition caused by an infected triatomine insect or "kissing bug," may be becoming endemic in the United States, according to a Centers for Disease Control and ...

Missouri is one of eight states in the country where a human has been diagnosed with Chagas disease, a parasitic infection spread by bugs. Scientists are now calling on health authorities to declare ...

Researchers are advocating for Chagas disease, spread by "kissing bugs," to be classified as endemic in the United States. While cases are not federally tracked, kissing bugs have been found in 31 ...

A group of researchers is looking for Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, to be ranked as an endemic in the United States. In a recently published study, researchers from the ...

A "kiss" from these insects could make you deadly ill if left untreated. Chagas disease, or "kissing bug" disease, is a potentially fatal illness caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and ...

Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose Kissing Bug (Triatoma sanguisuga) on a leaf in Houston, TX. Dangerous biting insect native to the USA, that carries Chagas disease. Once considered an illness confined to ...