Kissing bugs, also known as eastern-cone-nose bugs or triatomine, can bite faces and infect humans with Chagas disease. Chagas is a parasitic infection that can cause fever, aches and, in severe cases ...

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. Since 2013, Texas A&M University's Kissing Bug Community ...

Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, usually found in rural areas of Mexico, Central and South America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The parasite ...

Since 2013, "kissing bugs" have been reported in 31 states. In eight of these states, humans were reported to have ...

HOUSTON — A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness that the potentially deadly Chagas disease is becoming more common in the United States. The disease is ...

Biting insects called kissing bugs have been identified in 32 states, predominantly in the South. Kissing bugs can spread Chagas disease, which can lie dormant in the human body for years before ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A parasitic disease called Chagas may be establishing itself in the United States, and the “kissing bugs” that cause the illness are known to live in Ohio, according to a ...

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 ...