Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, is a parasitic condition transmitted by the blood-sucking "kissing bug." The insects have been found in more than 30 states, including Ohio, ...

Staff Photographer Kissing bugs may sound charming, but with one bite, these insects can spread a dangerous parasitic infection: Chagas disease. Affecting more than 7 million people worldwide, mostly ...

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 ...

Kissing bugs have been found in Florida. About half the bugs studied carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease. An estimated 280,000 in the United States, have Chagas disease, often without knowing ...

The Palmetto State is no stranger to dangerous insects, from the aggressive fire ant to the painful sting of the paper wasp. Experts are now sounding the alarm on another critter. The "kissing bug," ...

About 100,000 Californians could be infected with a potentially-deadly disease spread by kissing bugs — and not even know it. Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nearly ...

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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 ...

Spiders and cockroaches aren’t the only creepy crawly bugs wandering your house in the night. There’s another that burrows inside your bed, couch and curtains. No more than the width of a credit card, ...

Bug bombs first protected U.S. soldiers from insect-borne diseases in the Pacific during World War II. By the end of the war, more than 40 million had been deployed, fumigating everything from ...

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 ...