Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blood-sucking insect known to carry the parasite that causes Chagas disease can be found in Kentucky, and it’s likely more ...

A new article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling attention to an emerging infectious disease. Chagas disease, a potentially life-threatening condition, is primarily spread ...

A kissing big known as an eastern bloodsucking conenose (Triatoma sanguisuga) in Houston, TX Kissing bugs are not the kind of pest or insect most homeowners deal with routinely, but they’re ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for residents in the Palmetto State to keep an eye out for another ...

Since 2013, "kissing bugs" have been reported in 31 states, including Florida. While the bugs are here, there have been no reports of people who have contracted Chagas in the United States, but a ...

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 wants Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, to be ranked as an endemic in the United States. The bug has been reported to Texas A&M University's Kissing Bug ...

Kissing bugs carrying Chagas parasite now found in 32 U.S. states, including Kentucky. Around half of tested kissing bugs carry the parasite; some species reach 70% infection. Conenose bugs in ...