Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study is asking the Centers for Disease Control to declare Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, an endemic after ...

A photo of the "kissing bug." Chagas disease, which is spread through an insect known as the “kissing bug,” has spread to 32 states in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

A potentially life-threatening parasitic disease once believed to be endemic to Latin America has been detected in humans in multiple U.S. states, research has found. Chagas disease is caused by the ...

They are known as "kissing bugs," but instead of spreading love, they transmit a parasitic disease that can be deadly. Chagas disease is considered endemic; it's present in 21 countries in the ...

A group of researchers aims to have Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, ranked an endemic in the U.S. Researchers from the University of Florida, Texas A&M University, the University ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report Tuesday raising awareness about the deadly “kissing bug” disease, also known as Chagas. One of the report’s authors, 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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the triatomine insect — called the “kissing bug” — has been found in 32 states Eight states have reported human infection, including ...