Disease-carrying insects are no longer confined to the tropics or to a short summer season. From mosquitoes and ticks to the ...

Cause and prevention Chagas is caused by contact with triatomine bugs, known as kissing bugs, carrying the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite. The CDC reports that when the triatomine bugs bite and feed on ...

A parasitic disease, which can be fatal, is spreading through an insect in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, or T. cruzi, ...

Researchers argue that Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, has reached endemic status in the United States. The disease is caused by a parasite spread by triatomine bugs, commonly ...

Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, is a parasitic condition that can be life-threatening if untreated. "Kissing bugs" have been found in Ohio, but the chances of contracting the ...

South Carolina is home to its fair share of dangerous insects. From spiders, wasps and rash-causing caterpillars, there are a handful of bugs to look out for. But the Centers for Disease Control and ...

For the past few weeks, Lee Green, the Indiana Department of Health’s senior medical entomologist, has been getting a lot of calls about kissing bugs. Kissing bugs – also known by the more scientific ...

Researchers looking at Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, say the infection should be considered endemic in the United States, but Michigan residents may not have to worry about ...